Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/omëna

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. Possibly borrowed from Indo-Iranian language (compare Yidgha [script needed] (åmuno), [script needed] (amun, “apple”)).

Reconstruction

Uncertain. It is dubious that the forms listed below even go back to a common Proto-Finnic form.

Noun

*omëna

  1. apple

Inflection

Inflection of *omëna
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *omëna *omënat
accusative *omënan *omënat
genitive *omënan *omënadën
*omënoidën
partitive *omënata *omënoita
inessive *omënassa
*omënahna 		*omënoissa
*omënoihna
elative *omënasta *omënoista
illative *omënasën *omënoisën
adessive *omënalla *omënoilla
ablative *omënalta *omënoilta
allative *omënalën
*omënalëk 		*omënoilën
*omënoilëk
essive *omënana *omënoina
translative *omënaksi *omënoiksi
instructive *omënan *omënoin
comitative *omënanëk *omënoinëk
abessive *omënatta *omënoitta

Descendants

From *omëna:

  • Finnish: omena
  • Ingrian: omena, (dialectal) ommeena
  • Karelian: omena

From *o(v)una?:

From *omar-:

  • Livonian: umārz

From *opina?:

  • >? Võro: ubin, upin

Further reading

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