Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/utu
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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
Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ūdą (whence Icelandic úði).
Noun edit
*utu
Inflection edit
Inflection of *utu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *utu | *udut | |
| accusative | *udun | *udut | |
| genitive | *udun | *utudën *utuidën | |
| partitive | *utuda | *utuida | |
| inessive | *udussa *uduhna |
*uduissa *uduihna | |
| elative | *udusta | *uduista | |
| illative | *utuhën | *utuihën | |
| adessive | *udulla | *uduilla | |
| ablative | *udulta | *uduilta | |
| allative | *utulën *utulëk |
*utuilën *utuilëk | |
| essive | *utuna | *utuina | |
| translative | *uduksi | *uduiksi | |
| instructive | *udun | *uduin | |
| comitative | *utunëk | *utuinëk | |
| abessive | *udutta | *uduitta | |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “udu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012