Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ubëh
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ūfaz (whence Old Norse úfr (“tip, splinter”)).
Noun
*ubëh (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
Inflection of *ubëh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ubëh | *upëhët | |
| accusative | *upëhën | *upëhët | |
| genitive | *upëhën | *ubëhtën *upëhidën | |
| partitive | *ubëhta | *upëhita | |
| inessive | *upëhëssa *upëhëhna |
*upëhissa *upëhihna | |
| elative | *upëhësta | *upëhista | |
| illative | *upëhësën | *upëhisën | |
| adessive | *upëhëlla | *upëhilla | |
| ablative | *upëhëlta | *upëhilta | |
| allative | *upëhëlën *upëhëlëk |
*upëhilën *upëhilëk | |
| essive | *upëhëna | *upëhina | |
| translative | *upëhëksi | *upëhiksi | |
| instructive | *upëhën | *upëhin | |
| comitative | *upëhënëk | *upëhinëk | |
| abessive | *upëhëtta | *upëhitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: (dialectal) uve
- Ingrian: uve
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: uveh
- South Karelian: uveh
- Livvi: uveh
- Ludian: ubeh
- Veps: ubeh
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “uve”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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