Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/onni
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown.
- Possibly related to Northern Sami vuodna (“luck”).
- Possibly from the oblique stem of *onci (“cavity”). In older Finnish, the meaning "one's share in life" is attested, bridging the semantic difference part-way.
- Alternatively the word may be of Germanic or older Indo-European origin (akin to Proto-Germanic *wunjō, Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-ih₂).[1]
Noun
*onni[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *onni
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *onni | *onnët | |
| accusative | *onnën | *onnët | |
| genitive | *onnën | *onnëdën *onnidën | |
| partitive | *onnëda | *onnida | |
| inessive | *onnëssa *onnëhna |
*onnissa *onnihna | |
| elative | *onnësta | *onnista | |
| illative | *onnëhën | *onnihën | |
| adessive | *onnëlla | *onnilla | |
| ablative | *onnëlta | *onnilta | |
| allative | *onnëlën *onnëlëk |
*onnilën *onnilëk | |
| essive | *onnëna | *onnina | |
| translative | *onnëksi | *onniksi | |
| instructive | *onnën | *onnin | |
| comitative | *onnënëk | *onninëk | |
| abessive | *onnëtta | *onnitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: õnn
- Finnish: onni
- Ingrian: onni
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vȯņ
- Livvi: onni
- Võro: ynn'
- Votic: õnni