Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aina
Proto-Finnic
Etymology 1
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (whence Old Prussian ainat (“always”)).
Adverb
*aina
Descendants
From *aina:
From *aino:
From *ainos:
Etymology 2
According to Aikio (2020), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ajna.[1]
Noun
*aina[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *aina
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *aina | *ainat | |
| accusative | *ainan | *ainat | |
| genitive | *ainan | *ainadën *ainoidën | |
| partitive | *ainada | *ainoida | |
| inessive | *ainassa *ainahna |
*ainoissa *ainoihna | |
| elative | *ainasta | *ainoista | |
| illative | *ainahën | *ainoihën | |
| adessive | *ainalla | *ainoilla | |
| ablative | *ainalta | *ainoilta | |
| allative | *ainalën *ainalëk |
*ainoilën *ainoilëk | |
| essive | *ainana | *ainoina | |
| translative | *ainaksi | *ainoiksi | |
| instructive | *ainan | *ainoin | |
| comitative | *ainanëk | *ainoinëk | |
| abessive | *ainatta | *ainoitta | |
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “aina”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- “ain”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012