Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/arta

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian ārds, Lithuanian ãrdas). A doublet of *orci.

Noun

*arta

1. drying rack or pole (for drying hay, fishnets etc.)

Inflection

Inflection of *arta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*arta	*ardat
accusative		*ardan	*ardat
genitive		*ardan	*artadën *artoidën
partitive		*artada	*artoida
inessive		*ardassa *ardahna	*ardoissa *ardoihna
elative		*ardasta	*ardoista
illative		*artahën	*artoihën
adessive		*ardalla	*ardoilla
ablative		*ardalta	*ardoilta
allative		*artalën *artalëk	*artoilën *artoilëk
essive		*artana	*artoina
translative		*ardaksi	*ardoiksi
instructive		*ardan	*ardoin
comitative		*artanëk	*artoinëk
abessive		*ardatta	*ardoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) ⇒ ardu
• Finnish: (dialectal) aarto, arto, (obsolete) arta
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: uarto
  • South Karelian: uardo
• Livvi: ardo
• Ludian: ard
• Veps: ard
• Võro: ⇒ ardu
• Votic: aarto

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “aarto”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN