Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/orpoi
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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 edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
*orpoi
Adjective edit
*orpoi
Inflection edit
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 edit
- Finnish: orpo, (dialectal) orvoi
- → Estonian: orb
- Ingrian: orpo
- Karelian: orpo, orpoi (Northern), orboi (Southern)
- Livvi: orboi
Further reading edit
- “orb”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012