Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/orci
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *orti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *ardis (whence Latvian ārds, Lithuanian ãrdas). A doublet of *arta.
Noun
*orci[1]
- horizontal support beam under the roof
- roost, perch
Inflection
Inflection of *orci
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *orci | *ordët | |
| accusative | *ordën | *ordët | |
| genitive | *ordën | *ortëdën *orcidën | |
| partitive | *ortëda | *orcida | |
| inessive | *ordëssa *ordëhna |
*orcissa *orcihna | |
| elative | *ordësta | *orcista | |
| illative | *ortëhën | *orcihën | |
| adessive | *ordëlla | *orcilla | |
| ablative | *ordëlta | *orcilta | |
| allative | *ortëlën *ortëlëk |
*orcilën *orcilëk | |
| essive | *ortëna | *orcina | |
| translative | *ordëksi | *orciksi | |
| instructive | *ordën | *orcin | |
| comitative | *ortënëk | *orcinëk | |
| abessive | *ordëtta | *orcitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: õrs
- Finnish: orsi
- Ingrian: orsi
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: orši
- South Karelian: orži
- Livonian: vȯŗž
- Livvi: orzi
- Ludian: orž
- Veps: orz'
- Võro: ors'
- Votic: õrsi
References
Further reading
- “õrs”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “orsi”, 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