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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
- apple
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*omëna
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*omënat
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accusative
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*omënan
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*omënat
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genitive
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*omënan
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*omënadën *omënoidën
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partitive
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*omënata
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*omënoita
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inessive
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*omënassa *omënahna
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*omënoissa *omënoihna
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elative
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*omënasta
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*omënoista
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illative
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*omënasën
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*omënoisën
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adessive
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*omënalla
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*omënoilla
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ablative
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*omënalta
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*omënoilta
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allative
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*omënalën *omënalëk
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*omënoilën *omënoilëk
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essive
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*omënana
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*omënoina
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translative
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*omënaksi
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*omënoiksi
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instructive
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*omënan
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*omënoin
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comitative
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*omënanëk
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*omënoinëk
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abessive
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*omënatta
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*omënoitta
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Descendants
From *omëna:
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