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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/otava

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-Uralic *woča (“fence, fishweir”). Cognate with Proto-Samic *oacē and Erzya ош (oš). The origin of the third syllable *-va is not clear.

Noun

*otava

  1. fishweir, salmon net
  2. Big Dipper

Inflection
Inflection of *otava
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *otava *otavat
accusative *otavan *otavat
genitive *otavan *otavadën
*otavoidën
partitive *otavata *otavoita
inessive *otavassa
*otavahna		 *otavoissa
*otavoihna
elative *otavasta *otavoista
illative *otavasën *otavoisën
adessive *otavalla *otavoilla
ablative *otavalta *otavoilta
allative *otavalën
*otavalëk		 *otavoilën
*otavoilëk
essive *otavana *otavoina
translative *otavaksi *otavoiksi
instructive *otavan *otavoin
comitative *otavanëk *otavoinëk
abessive *otavatta *otavoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: odav (dialectal)
  • Finnish: otava
  • Ingrian: Otava
  • Karelian: otava (Northern)
  • Votic: Õtavõ

From *otama:

  • ⇒ Estonian: odamus (dialectal)
  • Finnish: otama (dialectal)
  • Karelian: odama, adama (Southern)
  • Livvi: adamu
  • Ludian: adam

Further reading
  • “oda”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1155 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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