Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ovi

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ouvi, *ovvi

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *owe.

Noun

*ovi

  1. door
    Synonym: *uksi

Inflection

Inflection of *ovi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ovi *ovët
accusative *ovën *ovët
genitive *ovën *ovëdën
*ovidën
partitive *ovëda *ovida
inessive *ovëssa
*ovëhna 		*ovissa
*ovihna
elative *ovësta *ovista
illative *ovëhën *ovihën
adessive *ovëlla *ovilla
ablative *ovëlta *ovilta
allative *ovëlën
*ovëlëk 		*ovilën
*ovilëk
essive *ovëna *ovina
translative *ovëksi *oviksi
instructive *ovën *ovin
comitative *ovënëk *ovinëk
abessive *ovëtta *ovitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: õu
  • Finnish: ovi
  • Ingrian: ovi
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ovi
    • South Karelian: ovi
  • Votic: õvvi

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ouvi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • “õu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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