Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/viitta

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚹᛁᛏᚨ (*wita) (whence Old Norse viti (“sign, mark, signal, beacon”), Norwegian Nynorsk vete), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wītaną.

Noun

*viitta

  1. sign (clearly visible object indicating a path etc.)

Inflection

Inflection of *viitta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *viitta *viit'at
accusative *viit'an *viit'at
genitive *viit'an *viittadën
*viittoidën
partitive *viittada *viittoida
inessive *viit'assa
*viit'ahna 		*viit'oissa
*viit'oihna
elative *viit'asta *viit'oista
illative *viittahën *viittoihën
adessive *viit'alla *viit'oilla
ablative *viit'alta *viit'oilta
allative *viittalën
*viittalëk 		*viittoilën
*viittoilëk
essive *viittana *viittoina
translative *viit'aksi *viit'oiksi
instructive *viit'an *viit'oin
comitative *viittanëk *viittoinëk
abessive *viit'atta *viit'oitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: viit
  • Finnish: viitta, ⇒ viitata
    • → Estonian: viitama/viidata
    • → Ingrian: viitata

Further reading

  • “viit”, 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), “viitta”, in 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
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