Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/orpoi

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *orpa +‎ *-oi, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárbʰas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos. Cognates include Proto-Samic *oarpēs, Erzya уроз (uroz), Hungarian árva.

Noun

*orpoi

  1. orphan

Adjective

*orpoi

  1. orphan, orphaned

Inflection

Inflection of *orpoi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *orpoi *orboit
accusative *orboin *orboit
genitive *orboin *orpoidën
*orpoidën
partitive *orpoida *orpoida
inessive *orboissa
*orboihna 		*orboissa
*orboihna
elative *orboista *orboista
illative *orpoihën *orpoihën
adessive *orboilla *orboilla
ablative *orboilta *orboilta
allative *orpoilën
*orpoilëk 		*orpoilën
*orpoilëk
essive *orpoina *orpoina
translative *orboiksi *orboiksi
instructive *orboin *orboin
comitative *orpoinëk *orpoinëk
abessive *orboitta *orboitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: orpo, (dialectal) orvoi
    • → Estonian: orb
  • Ingrian: orpo
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: orpo
    • South Karelian: orboi
  • Livvi: orboi

Further reading

  • “orb”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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