Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oiva
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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 from Proto-Uralic *ojwa (“head”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. semantic development
Adjective
*oiva[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *oiva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *oiva | *oivat | |
| accusative | *oivan | *oivat | |
| genitive | *oivan | *oivadën *oivëidën | |
| partitive | *oivada | *oivëida | |
| inessive | *oivassa *oivahna |
*oivëissa *oivëihna | |
| elative | *oivasta | *oivëista | |
| illative | *oivahën | *oivëihën | |
| adessive | *oivalla | *oivëilla | |
| ablative | *oivalta | *oivëilta | |
| allative | *oivalën *oivalëk |
*oivëilën *oivëilëk | |
| essive | *oivana | *oivëina | |
| translative | *oivaksi | *oivëiksi | |
| instructive | *oivan | *oivëin | |
| comitative | *oivanëk | *oivëinëk | |
| abessive | *oivatta | *oivëitta | |
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “õevane”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012