Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/enoi

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

From *enä (“big”) +‎ *-oi. Related to Proto-Samic *eanōj.

Noun

*enoi

1. maternal uncle

Inflection

Inflection of *enoi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*enoi	*enoit
accusative		*enoin	*enoit
genitive		*enoin	*enoidën *enoidën
partitive		*enoida	*enoida
inessive		*enoissa *enoihna	*enoissa *enoihna
elative		*enoista	*enoista
illative		*enoihën	*enoihën
adessive		*enoilla	*enoilla
ablative		*enoilta	*enoilta
allative		*enoilën *enoilëk	*enoilën *enoilëk
essive		*enoina	*enoina
translative		*enoiksi	*enoiksi
instructive		*enoin	*enoin
comitative		*enoinëk	*enoinëk
abessive		*enoitta	*enoitta

Coordinate terms

• *setä
• *täti

Descendants

• Finnish: eno, (dialectal) enoi
• Ingrian: eno, (Soikkola) enoi

From *onoi:

• Estonian: onu
• Võro: uno
• Votic: õno, ono

References

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