Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oraca

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 *woraća (whence also Moksha урось (uroś)), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *warāȷ́ʰás.

Noun

*oraca

1. (Northern Finnic) boar (male pig)

Inflection

Inflection of *oraca

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*oraca	*oracat
accusative		*oracan	*oracat
genitive		*oracan	*oracadën *oracoidën
partitive		*oracata	*oracoita
inessive		*oracassa *oracahna	*oracoissa *oracoihna
elative		*oracasta	*oracoista
illative		*oracasën	*oracoisën
adessive		*oracalla	*oracoilla
ablative		*oracalta	*oracoilta
allative		*oracalën *oracalëk	*oracoilën *oracoilëk
essive		*oracana	*oracoina
translative		*oracaksi	*oracoiksi
instructive		*oracan	*oracoin
comitative		*oracanëk	*oracoinëk
abessive		*oracatta	*oracoitta

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) orasa, oraisa
• ⇒ Livvi: oračču
• Veps: oraž, orač

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “oraisa”, 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