Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oraba
Proto-Finnic
Alternative reconstructions
- *orava
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *ora. Cognates include Proto-Samic *oarēvē. The nature of the third syllable *-ba is unclear.
Noun
*oraba
Inflection
Inflection of *oraba
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *oraba | *orabat | |
| accusative | *oraban | *orabat | |
| genitive | *oraban | *orabadën *oraboidën | |
| partitive | *orabata | *oraboita | |
| inessive | *orabassa *orabahna |
*oraboissa *oraboihna | |
| elative | *orabasta | *oraboista | |
| illative | *orabasën | *oraboisën | |
| adessive | *oraballa | *oraboilla | |
| ablative | *orabalta | *oraboilta | |
| allative | *orabalën *orabalëk |
*oraboilën *oraboilëk | |
| essive | *orabana | *oraboina | |
| translative | *orabaksi | *oraboiksi | |
| instructive | *oraban | *oraboin | |
| comitative | *orabanëk | *oraboinëk | |
| abessive | *orabatta | *oraboitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: orav
- Finnish: orava
- Ingrian: orava, (dialectal) orraava
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vȯrābõz
- Livvi: orau
- >? Ludian: orau
- >? Veps: orav
- Võro: orrav
- Votic: õravõ
References
- “orav”, 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*orava”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)