Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/onci

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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-Ugric *omte or *oŋte. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuomtë.

Noun

*onci[1]

  1. cavity

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: õõs
    • Livonian: ȭn
  • Finnish: onsi
  • Ingrian: ons
  • Karelian: onsi
  • Livvi: onzi
  • Ludian: ondž
  • Veps: onź
  • Võro: uus'
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) õõsi

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*onci”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • õõs”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #674 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.