Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oksa
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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
From Proto-Finno-Permic *oksa. Cognates include Proto-Samic *oaksē.
Noun
*oksa
Inflection
Inflection of *oksa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *oksa | *oksat | |
| accusative | *oksan | *oksat | |
| genitive | *oksan | *oksadën *oksëidën | |
| partitive | *oksada | *oksëida | |
| inessive | *oksassa *oksahna |
*oksëissa *oksëihna | |
| elative | *oksasta | *oksëista | |
| illative | *oksahën | *oksëihën | |
| adessive | *oksalla | *oksëilla | |
| ablative | *oksalta | *oksëilta | |
| allative | *oksalën *oksalëk |
*oksëilën *oksëilëk | |
| essive | *oksana | *oksëina | |
| translative | *oksaksi | *oksëiksi | |
| instructive | *oksan | *oksëin | |
| comitative | *oksanëk | *oksëinëk | |
| abessive | *oksatta | *oksëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: oks
- Finnish: oksa
- Ingrian: oksa
- Karelian: okša, oksa
- Livonian: oksa
- Livvi: oksu
- Ludian: oks
- Veps: oks
- Võro: oss
- Votic: õhsõ
References
- “oks”, 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN