Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/apjo
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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
Unknown. The Finnish word has in the past been compared with the root *ava (compare Finnish avoin (“open”), avata (“to open”)) and Proto-Germanic *aiwǭ, *aiwaz (“law, custom”) (compare Old English ǣw, æ (“law, marriage, ceremony”) and Old High German ēwa (“law, marriage”)). However, neither of these theories can be reconciled with a *-pj-. Another supposed Germanic source is Proto-Germanic *aiwjō (compare *hiwją > *hipjä), but this is not certain either.
Noun
*apjo[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *apjo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *apjo | *apjot | |
| accusative | *apjon | *apjot | |
| genitive | *apjon | *apjodën *apjoidën | |
| partitive | *apjoda | *apjoida | |
| inessive | *apjossa *apjohna |
*apjoissa *apjoihna | |
| elative | *apjosta | *apjoista | |
| illative | *apjohën | *apjoihën | |
| adessive | *apjolla | *apjoilla | |
| ablative | *apjolta | *apjoilta | |
| allative | *apjolën *apjolëk |
*apjoilën *apjoilëk | |
| essive | *apjona | *apjoina | |
| translative | *apjoksi | *apjoiksi | |
| instructive | *apjon | *apjoin | |
| comitative | *apjonëk | *apjoinëk | |
| abessive | *apjotta | *apjoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: abi- (in compound: abielu) (+ elu)
- Finnish: avio
- Ingrian: aivoi- (in compound: aivoinaine)
- Livonian: a’b- (in compound: a’bjelāmi)
- Võro: abi- (in compound: abielo) (+ elo)
References
Further reading
- “abi-”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “avio”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN