Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/omëna

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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. Possibly borrowed from Indo-Iranian language (compare Yidgha (åmuno), (amun, apple)).

Reconstruction

Uncertain. It is dubious that the forms listed below even go back to a common Proto-Finnic form.

Noun

*omëna

  1. apple

Inflection

Descendants

From *omëna:

  • Finnish: omena
  • Ingrian: omena, (dialectal) ommeena
  • Karelian: omena

From *o(v)una?:

From *omar-:

From *opina?:

Further reading

  • õun”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012