Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ainaga

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz.

Adjective

*ainaga

  1. only, sole

Inflection

Inflection of *ainaga
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ainaga *ainagat
accusative *ainagan *ainagat
genitive *ainagan *ainagadën
*ainagoidën
partitive *ainagata *ainagoita
inessive *ainagassa
*ainagahna 		*ainagoissa
*ainagoihna
elative *ainagasta *ainagoista
illative *ainagasën *ainagoisën
adessive *ainagalla *ainagoilla
ablative *ainagalta *ainagoilta
allative *ainagalën
*ainagalëk 		*ainagoilën
*ainagoilëk
essive *ainagana *ainagoina
translative *ainagaksi *ainagoiksi
instructive *ainagan *ainagoin
comitative *ainaganëk *ainagoinëk
abessive *ainagatta *ainagoitta

Descendants

From *ainaga:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) ainava
  • Ingrian: ainava

From *ainoga:

  • Finnish: ainoa, (dialectal) ainova
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: ainova
  • Votic: ainovõ

From *ainago:

  • Ingrian: ainavo
  • Livvi: ainavo
  • Ludian: ainag
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) ainõgo

From *ainut / *ainus:

  • Estonian: ainus
  • Finnish: ainut
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ainut
    • South Karelian: (dialectal) ainut
  • Võro: ainus
  • Votic: (Rudja) ainud

From [Term?]:

  • Livonian: āinagi
  • Votic: (Mati) ainagi

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ainut”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • “ainus”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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