Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aitta
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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
Etymology
Probably *ajadak + *-tta (*ajëtta, with a similar change of medial *ajeC > *aiC like in *aisa, *kaikki and possibly *aika), in the sense "a place that is driven full, filled".
A proposal connecting this with a hypothetical Proto-Slavic *aitā (compare Polish jata (“shed, granary”), Czech jata, Bulgarian ятка (jatka)) appears unlikely. These words go back to a Proto-Slavic *jata, which ESSJa rejects going back to an older *aita- or *oito-, also arguing that the word more likely originally meant "flock, herd".
Noun
Inflection
Inflection of *aitta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *aitta | *ait'at | |
| accusative | *ait'an | *ait'at | |
| genitive | *ait'an | *aittadën *aittoidën | |
| partitive | *aittada | *aittoida | |
| inessive | *ait'assa *ait'ahna |
*ait'oissa *ait'oihna | |
| elative | *ait'asta | *ait'oista | |
| illative | *aittahën | *aittoihën | |
| adessive | *ait'alla | *ait'oilla | |
| ablative | *ait'alta | *ait'oilta | |
| allative | *aittalën *aittalëk |
*aittoilën *aittoilëk | |
| essive | *aittana | *aittoina | |
| translative | *ait'aksi | *ait'oiksi | |
| instructive | *ait'an | *ait'oin | |
| comitative | *aittanëk | *aittoinëk | |
| abessive | *ait'atta | *ait'oitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ait
- Finnish: aitta
- Ingrian: aitta
- →? Votic: aittõ
- Karelian:
- Livonian: āita
- Livvi: aittu
- Ludian: ait
- Veps: ait
- Võro: ait
- → Proto-Samic: *ājttē
Further reading
- “ait”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jata”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*aitta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)