Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ota

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

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *woča (“fence, fishweir”) (whence also *otava).

Noun

*ota

1. spear
2. thorn, prickle

Inflection

Inflection of *ota

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ota	*odat
accusative		*odan	*odat
genitive		*odan	*otadën *otëidën
partitive		*otada	*otëida
inessive		*odassa *odahna	*odëissa *odëihna
elative		*odasta	*odëista
illative		*otahën	*otëihën
adessive		*odalla	*odëilla
ablative		*odalta	*odëilta
allative		*otalën *otalëk	*otëilën *otëilëk
essive		*otana	*otëina
translative		*odaksi	*odëiksi
instructive		*odan	*odëin
comitative		*otanëk	*otëinëk
abessive		*odatta	*odëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: oda
• Finnish: ota
• Livonian: vȯdā, vuodā
• ⇒ Veps: odeg
  • → Russian: одега (odega)
• Võro: oda

Further reading

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