Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ola
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *ōla (whence Latvian ola, Lithuanian uolà).
Noun
*ola
- (Northern Finnic) flint, flintstone
- Synonym: *piikivi
Inflection
Inflection of *ola
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ola | *olat | |
| accusative | *olan | *olat | |
| genitive | *olan | *oladën *olëidën | |
| partitive | *olada | *olëida | |
| inessive | *olassa *olahna |
*olëissa *olëihna | |
| elative | *olasta | *olëista | |
| illative | *olahën | *olëihën | |
| adessive | *olalla | *olëilla | |
| ablative | *olalta | *olëilta | |
| allative | *olalën *olalëk |
*olëilën *olëilëk | |
| essive | *olana | *olëina | |
| translative | *olaksi | *olëiksi | |
| instructive | *olan | *olëin | |
| comitative | *olanëk | *olëinëk | |
| abessive | *olatta | *olëitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ola”, 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