Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oncca

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

Uncertain. Possibly related to Eastern Mari ончыл (ončyl), Komi-Zyrian водз (vodź) and Udmurt азь (aź). The word has also been considered a possible Germanic loan from Proto-Germanic *anþiją (compare Old High German endi (“forehead”)),[1] in which case the borrowing would have to be very early (among the earliest Germanic loans), with borrowing from early Proto-Finnic into more eastern Uralic languages. In the past the word has also been considered a cognate of Hungarian agy, but this comparison is no longer held to be correct.

Noun

*oncca[2]

  1. top, tip, peak
  2. forehead

Inflection

Inflection of *oncca
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *oncca *onc'at
accusative *onc'an *onc'at
genitive *onc'an *onccadën
*onccëidën
partitive *onccada *onccëida
inessive *onc'assa
*onc'ahna 		*onc'ëissa
*onc'ëihna
elative *onc'asta *onc'ëista
illative *onccahën *onccëihën
adessive *onc'alla *onc'ëilla
ablative *onc'alta *onc'ëilta
allative *onccalën
*onccalëk 		*onccëilën
*onccëilëk
essive *onccana *onccëina
translative *onc'aksi *onc'ëiksi
instructive *onc'an *onc'ëin
comitative *onccanëk *onccëinëk
abessive *onc'atta *onc'ëitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: ots
  • Finnish: otsa
  • Ingrian: otsa
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: vȱntsa
  • Livvi: očču
  • Ludian: occ
  • Veps: oc
  • Võro: ots
  • Votic: õttsõ
  • → Sami:
    • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (oats)
    • Kildin Sami: вуэһць (vuehc’)
    • Ter Sami: [script needed] (ᵛi̮ə̑ɔ̄t̜s̜ɛ)

References

  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*oncca”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • Entry #670 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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