Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahtëra
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *akšterɜ. In any case potentially borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit अक्षेत्र (ákṣetra, “destitute of fields, uncultivated”)).[1]
Adjective
*ahtëra[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *ahtëra
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ahtëra | *ahtërat | |
| accusative | *ahtëran | *ahtërat | |
| genitive | *ahtëran | *ahtëradën *ahtëroidën | |
| partitive | *ahtërata | *ahtëroita | |
| inessive | *ahtërassa *ahtërahna |
*ahtëroissa *ahtëroihna | |
| elative | *ahtërasta | *ahtëroista | |
| illative | *ahtërasën | *ahtëroisën | |
| adessive | *ahtëralla | *ahtëroilla | |
| ablative | *ahtëralta | *ahtëroilta | |
| allative | *ahtëralën *ahtëralëk |
*ahtëroilën *ahtëroilëk | |
| essive | *ahtërana | *ahtëroina | |
| translative | *ahtëraksi | *ahtëroiksi | |
| instructive | *ahtëran | *ahtëroin | |
| comitative | *ahtëranëk | *ahtëroinëk | |
| abessive | *ahtëratta | *ahtëroitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: aher
- Finnish: (dialectal) ahtera
- Livonian: ǭ’dõrz
- Võro: aher
- Votic: (Kattila, Mati) ahõr, (Pummala) ahtõra
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “ahtera”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 1 January 2024
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ahtëra”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “aher”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1188 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.