Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/voodëk
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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
Alternative reconstruction
Etymology
Uncertain; theories include:
- from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aďe- (“to spread, to make bed”) + *-ëk (compare Hungarian ágy).
- from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ade- (“to sleep”) + *-ëk
- derivation from *voota + *-ëh
Noun
*voodëk
- bed (place to sleep)
Inflection
Inflection of *voodëk
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *voodëk | *vootëgët | |
| accusative | *vootëgën | *vootëgët | |
| genitive | *vootëgën | *vootëgëdën *vootëgidën | |
| partitive | *vootëgëta | *vootëgita | |
| inessive | *vootëgëssa *vootëgëhna |
*vootëgissa *vootëgihna | |
| elative | *vootëgësta | *vootëgista | |
| illative | *vootëgësën | *vootëgisën | |
| adessive | *vootëgëlla | *vootëgilla | |
| ablative | *vootëgëlta | *vootëgilta | |
| allative | *vootëgëlën *vootëgëlëk |
*vootëgilën *vootëgilëk | |
| essive | *vootëgëna | *vootëgina | |
| translative | *vootëgëksi | *vootëgiksi | |
| instructive | *vootëgën | *vootëgin | |
| comitative | *vootëgënëk | *vootëginëk | |
| abessive | *vootëgëtta | *vootëgitta | |
Descendants
From *vootëi ?:
- Estonian: voodi
From :
- Livonian: (Salaca) uodiľd
References
- Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.
- Aikio, Ante. Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft, 2020).
Further reading
- “voodi”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vuode”, 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
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vootë⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)