Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oiva

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

Probably from Proto-Uralic *ojwa (“head”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. semantic development

Adjective

*oiva

1. fine, splendid, excellent

Inflection

Inflection of *oiva

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*oiva	*oivat
accusative		*oivan	*oivat
genitive		*oivan	*oivadën *oivëidën
partitive		*oivada	*oivëida
inessive		*oivassa *oivahna	*oivëissa *oivëihna
elative		*oivasta	*oivëista
illative		*oivahën	*oivëihën
adessive		*oivalla	*oivëilla
ablative		*oivalta	*oivëilta
allative		*oivalën *oivalëk	*oivëilën *oivëilëk
essive		*oivana	*oivëina
translative		*oivaksi	*oivëiksi
instructive		*oivan	*oivëin
comitative		*oivanëk	*oivëinëk
abessive		*oivatta	*oivëitta

Descendants

• ⇒ Estonian: õevane (< *oivainën)
• Finnish: oiva
• Karelian: oiva
• Livvi: oiva

Further reading

• “õevane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012