Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nëtra

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

Unknown.

Adjective

*nëtra[1]

  1. weak; frail; poor
  2. flexible

Inflection

Inflection of *nëtra
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nëtra *nëtrat
accusative *nëtran *nëtrat
genitive *nëtran *nëtradën
*nëtroidën
partitive *nëtrada *nëtroida
inessive *nëtrassa
*nëtrahna 		*nëtroissa
*nëtroihna
elative *nëtrasta *nëtroista
illative *nëtrahën *nëtroihën
adessive *nëtralla *nëtroilla
ablative *nëtralta *nëtroilta
allative *nëtralën
*nëtralëk 		*nëtroilën
*nëtroilëk
essive *nëtrana *nëtroina
translative *nëtraksi *nëtroiksi
instructive *nëtran *nëtroin
comitative *nëtranëk *nëtroinëk
abessive *nëtratta *nëtroitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: nõder
  • Livonian: nõ’ddõrz
  • Võro: nõtr, nõdõr, nõdyr'
  • Votic: nõdrõ

From *neträ

  • Finnish: nöyrä, (obsolete) neyrä
    • → Ingrian: nöyrä
    • →? Karelian:
      • North Karelian: neyrä
      • South Karelian: neyrä
    • →? Livvi: neyry
    • → Proto-Samic: *neavrē

References

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

Further reading

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