Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/avanto

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

*ava +‎ *-nto.

Noun

*avanto

  1. ice hole

Inflection

Inflection of *avanto
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *avanto *avandot
accusative *avandon *avandot
genitive *avandon *avantodën
*avantoidën
partitive *avantota *avantoita
inessive *avandossa
*avandohna 		*avandoissa
*avandoihna
elative *avandosta *avandoista
illative *avantosën *avantoisën
adessive *avandolla *avandoilla
ablative *avandolta *avandoilta
allative *avantolën
*avantolëk 		*avantoilën
*avantoilëk
essive *avantona *avantoina
translative *avandoksi *avandoiksi
instructive *avandon *avandoin
comitative *avantonëk *avantoinëk
abessive *avandotta *avandoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) avand, avandus
  • Finnish: avanto
  • Ingrian: avanto
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: avanto
    • South Karelian: avando
  • Livonian:
    • Kurzeme Livonian: ovāt (“spring, hole in the ice”)
    • Vidzeme Livonian: avat (“spring”)
      • →? Latvian: avots (“spring”)
      • →? Latgalian: olūts (“spring”)
  • Livvi: avando
  • Votic: avanto, avato

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “avanto”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
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