Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ota

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

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *woča (“fence, fishweir”) (whence also *otava).

Noun

*ota[1]

  1. spear
  2. thorn, prickle

Inflection

Inflection of *ota
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ota *odat
accusative *odan *odat
genitive *odan *otadën
*otëidën
partitive *otada *otëida
inessive *odassa
*odahna 		*odëissa
*odëihna
elative *odasta *odëista
illative *otahën *otëihën
adessive *odalla *odëilla
ablative *odalta *odëilta
allative *otalën
*otalëk 		*otëilën
*otëilëk
essive *otana *otëina
translative *odaksi *odëiksi
instructive *odan *odëin
comitative *otanëk *otëinëk
abessive *odatta *odëitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: oda
  • Finnish: ota
  • Livonian: vȯdā, vuodā
  • ⇒ Veps: odeg
    • → Russian: одега (odega)
  • Võro: oda

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ota”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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