Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oksa

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 Proto-Finno-Permic *oksa. Cognates include Proto-Samic *oaksē.

Noun

*oksa

1. branch

Inflection

Inflection of *oksa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*oksa	*oksat
accusative		*oksan	*oksat
genitive		*oksan	*oksadën *oksëidën
partitive		*oksada	*oksëida
inessive		*oksassa *oksahna	*oksëissa *oksëihna
elative		*oksasta	*oksëista
illative		*oksahën	*oksëihën
adessive		*oksalla	*oksëilla
ablative		*oksalta	*oksëilta
allative		*oksalën *oksalëk	*oksëilën *oksëilëk
essive		*oksana	*oksëina
translative		*oksaksi	*oksëiksi
instructive		*oksan	*oksëin
comitative		*oksanëk	*oksëinëk
abessive		*oksatta	*oksëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: oks
• Finnish: oksa
• Ingrian: oksa
• Karelian: okša, oksa
• Livonian: oksa
• Livvi: oksu
• Ludian: oks
• Veps: oks
• Võro: oss
• Votic: õhsõ

References

• “oks”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• 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; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN