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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aina

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 1

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Old Prussian ainat (“always”)).

Adverb

*aina

  1. always

Descendants

From *aina:

  • Estonian: aina
  • Finnish: aina
    • → Inari Sami: ain
    • → Northern Sami: ain
  • Ingrian: ain, aina, aine
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: aina
    • South Karelian: aina
  • Votic: ain, ainõ

From *aino:

  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: aino
  • Ludian: aino

From *ainos:

Etymology 2

According to Aikio (2020), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ajna.[1]

Noun

*aina

  1. cord, string attaching a fishnet to another

Inflection
Inflection of *aina
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *aina *ainat
accusative *ainan *ainat
genitive *ainan *ainadën
*ainoidën
partitive *ainada *ainoida
inessive *ainassa
*ainahna		 *ainoissa
*ainoihna
elative *ainasta *ainoista
illative *ainahën *ainoihën
adessive *ainalla *ainoilla
ablative *ainalta *ainoilta
allative *ainalën
*ainalëk		 *ainoilën
*ainoilëk
essive *ainana *ainoina
translative *ainaksi *ainoiksi
instructive *ainan *ainoin
comitative *ainanëk *ainoinëk
abessive *ainatta *ainoitta

Descendants

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

References
  1. Aikio, Ante (2020): Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft)
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