Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ohi

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *woša.

Noun

*ohi

1. side

Inflection

Inflection of *ohi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ohi	*ohët
accusative		*ohën	*ohët
genitive		*ohën	*ohtën *ohidën
partitive		*ohta	*ohida
inessive		*ohëssa *ohëhna	*ohissa *ohihna
elative		*ohësta	*ohista
illative		*ohëhën	*ohihën
adessive		*ohëlla	*ohilla
ablative		*ohëlta	*ohilta
allative		*ohëlën *ohëlëk	*ohilën *ohilëk
essive		*ohëna	*ohina
translative		*ohëksi	*ohiksi
instructive		*ohën	*ohin
comitative		*ohënëk	*ohinëk
abessive		*ohëtta	*ohitta

Descendants

• Finnish: ohi (“side”) (obsolete), ⇒ ohi (“past”), ohitse (“past”), ohessa (“alongside”), ohella (“alongside”)
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ⇒ ohittši (“past”)

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ohi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN