Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/otava
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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-Uralic *woča (“fence, fishweir”). Cognate with Proto-Samic *oacē and Erzya ош (oš). The origin of the third syllable *-va is not clear.
Noun edit
*otava
Inflection edit
Inflection of *otava
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *otava | *otavat | |
| accusative | *otavan | *otavat | |
| genitive | *otavan | *otavadën *otavoidën | |
| partitive | *otavata | *otavoita | |
| inessive | *otavassa *otavahna |
*otavoissa *otavoihna | |
| elative | *otavasta | *otavoista | |
| illative | *otavasën | *otavoisën | |
| adessive | *otavalla | *otavoilla | |
| ablative | *otavalta | *otavoilta | |
| allative | *otavalën *otavalëk |
*otavoilën *otavoilëk | |
| essive | *otavana | *otavoina | |
| translative | *otavaksi | *otavoiksi | |
| instructive | *otavan | *otavoin | |
| comitative | *otavanëk | *otavoinëk | |
| abessive | *otavatta | *otavoitta | |
Descendants edit
From *otama:
- ⇒ Estonian: odamus (dialectal)
- Finnish: otama (dialectal)
- Karelian: odama, adama (Southern)
- Livvi: adamu
- Ludian: adam
Further reading edit
- “oda”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1155 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.