Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/osait'ak
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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
Possibly from *osa + *-it'ak.
Verb
*osait'ak (stem *osaida-)
Inflection
Inflection of *osait'ak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *osaidan | *osaicin | — | *osaitkon |
| 2nd sing. | *osaidat | *osaicit | *osaidak | *osaitkos |
| 3rd sing. | *osaidapi *osait |
*osaici | *osaitkasën | *osaitkosën |
| 1st plur. | *osaidakmëk *osaidakmak |
*osaicimëk *osaicimak |
*osaitkatëmëk *osaitkatamak |
*osaitkotëmëk *osaitkotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *osaidaktëk *osaidaktak |
*osaicidëk *osaicidak |
*osaitkatë *osaitkata |
*osaitkot'ëk *osaitkotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *osaidabat *osait |
*osaici | *osaitkasën | *osaitkosën |
| passive | *osaidaksën *osaidat'aksën |
*osaittisën *osaidattihën |
*osaittakahën *osaidattagasën |
*osaittakohën *osaidattagosën |
| connegative | *osaidak | — | *osaitkak | *osaitkok |
| passive connegative | *osaidaktak | — | *osaittagak *osaidattagak |
*osaittagok *osaidattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *osaidakcin | *osaicicin | *osainnën | |
| 2nd sing. | *osaidakcit | *osaicicit | *osainnët | |
| 3rd sing. | *osaidakci | *osaicici | *osainni | |
| 1st plur. | *osaidakcimëk *osaidakcimak |
*osaicicimëk *osaicicimak |
*osainnëmëk *osainnëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *osaidakcidëk *osaidakcidak |
*osaicicidëk *osaicicidak |
*osainnëdëk *osainnëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *osaidakci | *osaicici | *osainni | |
| passive | *osait'akcihën *osaidat'akcisën |
*osaitticihën *osaidatticisën |
*osaittanëhën *osaidattanësën | |
| connegative | *osaidakcik | *osaicicik | *osainnëk | |
| passive connegative | *osait'akcik *osaidat'akcik |
*osaitticik *osaidatticik |
*osaittanëk *osaidattanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *osait'ak | present | *osaidapa | *osaittapa *osaidattaba |
| infinitive 2 | *osaittë- | past | *osainnut | *osaittu *osaidattu |
| gerund/supine | *osaidama | |||
| action noun | *osaidaminen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: oskama/osata
- Finnish: osata
- Ingrian: osata
- Karelian:
- Livvi: ozata
- Ludian: ozaita
- Veps: ozaita
- Votic: õzata (Mati)
Further reading
- “oskama”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012