Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oimo
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from the same root as *oiva, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa (“head”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
*oimo[1]
- mind, understanding
- temple (region of skull)
Inflection
Inflection of *oimo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *oimo | *oimot | |
| accusative | *oimon | *oimot | |
| genitive | *oimon | *oimodën *oimoidën | |
| partitive | *oimoda | *oimoida | |
| inessive | *oimossa *oimohna |
*oimoissa *oimoihna | |
| elative | *oimosta | *oimoista | |
| illative | *oimohën | *oimoihën | |
| adessive | *oimolla | *oimoilla | |
| ablative | *oimolta | *oimoilta | |
| allative | *oimolën *oimolëk |
*oimoilën *oimoilëk | |
| essive | *oimona | *oimoina | |
| translative | *oimoksi | *oimoiksi | |
| instructive | *oimon | *oimoin | |
| comitative | *oimonëk | *oimoinëk | |
| abessive | *oimotta | *oimoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: oim
- Finnish: (dialectal) oimo- (in: oimollaan, oimolla, oimossa (“in one's right mind”))
- ⇒ Finnish: ohimo
- Livonian: uim
References
Further reading
- “oim”, 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), “oimo”, 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