From *vottadak (“to take”) + *-in, with the possible original meaning of the verb being 'to turn', rendering this term's literal translation as "a tool which is turned".
*vot'in
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *vot'in | *vot'imët | |
accusative | *vot'imën | *vot'imët | |
genitive | *vot'imën | *vot'indën *vot'imidën | |
partitive | *vot'inta | *vot'imita | |
inessive | *vot'imëssa *vot'imëhna |
*vot'imissa *vot'imihna | |
elative | *vot'imësta | *vot'imista | |
illative | *vot'imësën | *vot'imisën | |
adessive | *vot'imëlla | *vot'imilla | |
ablative | *vot'imëlta | *vot'imilta | |
allative | *vot'imëlën *vot'imëlëk |
*vot'imilën *vot'imilëk | |
essive | *vot'imëna | *vot'imina | |
translative | *vot'imëksi | *vot'imiksi | |
instructive | *vot'imën | *vot'imin | |
comitative | *vot'imënëk | *vot'iminëk | |
abessive | *vot'imëtta | *vot'imitta |