Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/arta
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (whence Latvian ārds, Lithuanian ãrdas).[1] A doublet of *orci.
Noun
*arta
Inflection
Inflection of *arta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *arta | *ardat | |
| accusative | *ardan | *ardat | |
| genitive | *ardan | *artadën *artoidën | |
| partitive | *artada | *artoida | |
| inessive | *ardassa *ardahna |
*ardoissa *ardoihna | |
| elative | *ardasta | *ardoista | |
| illative | *artahën | *artoihën | |
| adessive | *ardalla | *ardoilla | |
| ablative | *ardalta | *ardoilta | |
| allative | *artalën *artalëk |
*artoilën *artoilëk | |
| essive | *artana | *artoina | |
| translative | *ardaksi | *ardoiksi | |
| instructive | *ardan | *ardoin | |
| comitative | *artanëk | *artoinëk | |
| abessive | *ardatta | *ardoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) ⇒ ardu
- Finnish: (dialectal) aarto, arto, (obsolete) arta
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: uarto
- South Karelian: uardo
- Livvi: ardo
- Ludian: ard
- Veps: ard
- Võro: ⇒ ardu
- Votic: aarto
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “aarto”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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