Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ola

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 *ōla (whence Latvian ola, Lithuanian uolà).

Noun

*ola

1. (Northern Finnic) flint, flintstone

   Synonym: *piikivi

Inflection

Inflection of *ola

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ola	*olat
accusative		*olan	*olat
genitive		*olan	*oladën *olëidën
partitive		*olada	*olëida
inessive		*olassa *olahna	*olëissa *olëihna
elative		*olasta	*olëista
illative		*olahën	*olëihën
adessive		*olalla	*olëilla
ablative		*olalta	*olëilta
allative		*olalën *olalëk	*olëilën *olëilëk
essive		*olana	*olëina
translative		*olaksi	*olëiksi
instructive		*olan	*olëin
comitative		*olanëk	*olëinëk
abessive		*olatta	*olëitta

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal, rare) ola
• Livvi: ola
• Ludian: ola
• Veps: ola

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ola”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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