Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/orpoi

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-Ugric *orpa +‎ *-oi, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárbʰas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos. Cognates include Proto-Samic *oarpēs, Erzya уроз (uroz), Hungarian árva.

Noun

*orpoi

1. orphan

Adjective

*orpoi

1. orphan, orphaned

Inflection

Inflection of *orpoi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*orpoi	*orboit
accusative		*orboin	*orboit
genitive		*orboin	*orpoidën *orpoidën
partitive		*orpoida	*orpoida
inessive		*orboissa *orboihna	*orboissa *orboihna
elative		*orboista	*orboista
illative		*orpoihën	*orpoihën
adessive		*orboilla	*orboilla
ablative		*orboilta	*orboilta
allative		*orpoilën *orpoilëk	*orpoilën *orpoilëk
essive		*orpoina	*orpoina
translative		*orboiksi	*orboiksi
instructive		*orboin	*orboin
comitative		*orpoinëk	*orpoinëk
abessive		*orboitta	*orboitta

Descendants

• Finnish: orpo, (dialectal) orvoi
  • → Estonian: orb
• Ingrian: orpo
• Karelian: orpo, orpoi (Northern), orboi (Southern)
• Livvi: orboi

Further reading

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