Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/inta

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *inþōn (whence Old Swedish inna (“achievement, accomplishment”)).

Noun

*inta[1]

  1. eagerness, enthusiasm, zeal

Inflection

Inflection of *inta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *inta *indat
accusative *indan *indat
genitive *indan *intadën
*intoidën
partitive *intada *intoida
inessive *indassa
*indahna 		*indoissa
*indoihna
elative *indasta *indoista
illative *intahën *intoihën
adessive *indalla *indoilla
ablative *indalta *indoilta
allative *intalën
*intalëk 		*intoilën
*intoilëk
essive *intana *intoina
translative *indaksi *indoiksi
instructive *indan *indoin
comitative *intanëk *intoinëk
abessive *indatta *indoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: ind
  • Finnish: (dialectal, rare) inta
  • Livonian: ind

From *into (+ *-o):

Further reading

  • “ind”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “into”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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

References

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