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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahtëra

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *akšterɜ. In any case potentially borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit अक्षेत्र (ákṣetra, “destitute of fields, uncultivated”)).[1]

Adjective

*ahtëra

  1. barren, sterile
    Synonym: *maho

Inflection
Inflection of *ahtëra
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ahtëra *ahtërat
accusative *ahtëran *ahtërat
genitive *ahtëran *ahtëradën
*ahtëroidën
partitive *ahtërata *ahtëroita
inessive *ahtërassa
*ahtërahna		 *ahtëroissa
*ahtëroihna
elative *ahtërasta *ahtëroista
illative *ahtërasën *ahtëroisën
adessive *ahtëralla *ahtëroilla
ablative *ahtëralta *ahtëroilta
allative *ahtëralën
*ahtëralëk		 *ahtëroilën
*ahtëroilëk
essive *ahtërana *ahtëroina
translative *ahtëraksi *ahtëroiksi
instructive *ahtëran *ahtëroin
comitative *ahtëranëk *ahtëroinëk
abessive *ahtëratta *ahtëroitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: aher
  • Finnish: (dialectal) ahtera
  • Livonian: ǭ’dõrz
  • Võro: aher
  • Votic: (Kattila, Mati) ahõr, (Pummala) ahtõra

References
  1. Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “ahtera”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

Further reading
  • “aher”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1188 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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