Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ovi
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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 *owe.
Noun edit
*ovi
Inflection edit
Inflection of *ovi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ovi | *ovët | |
| accusative | *ovën | *ovët | |
| genitive | *ovën | *ovëdën *ovidën | |
| partitive | *ovëda | *ovida | |
| inessive | *ovëssa *ovëhna |
*ovissa *ovihna | |
| elative | *ovësta | *ovista | |
| illative | *ovëhën | *ovihën | |
| adessive | *ovëlla | *ovilla | |
| ablative | *ovëlta | *ovilta | |
| allative | *ovëlën *ovëlëk |
*ovilën *ovilëk | |
| essive | *ovëna | *ovina | |
| translative | *ovëksi | *oviksi | |
| instructive | *ovën | *ovin | |
| comitative | *ovënëk | *ovinëk | |
| abessive | *ovëtta | *ovitta | |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “õu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012