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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aitta

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

Probably *ajadak +‎ *-tta (*ajëtta, with a similar change of medial *ajeC > *aiC like in *aisa, *kaikki and possibly *aika), in the sense "a place that is driven full, filled".

A proposal connecting this with a hypothetical Proto-Slavic *aitā (compare Polish jata (“shed, granary”), Czech jata, Bulgarian ятка (jatka)) appears unlikely. These words go back to a Proto-Slavic *jata, which ESSJa rejects going back to an older *aita- or *oito-, also arguing that the word more likely originally meant "flock, herd".[1]

Noun

*aitta

  1. storehouse

Inflection
Inflection of *aitta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *aitta *ait'at
accusative *ait'an *ait'at
genitive *ait'an *aittadën
*aittoidën
partitive *aittada *aittoida
inessive *ait'assa
*ait'ahna		 *ait'oissa
*ait'oihna
elative *ait'asta *ait'oista
illative *aittahën *aittoihën
adessive *ait'alla *ait'oilla
ablative *ait'alta *ait'oilta
allative *aittalën
*aittalëk		 *aittoilën
*aittoilëk
essive *aittana *aittoina
translative *ait'aksi *ait'oiksi
instructive *ait'an *ait'oin
comitative *aittanëk *aittoinëk
abessive *ait'atta *ait'oitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: ait
  • Finnish: aitta
  • Ingrian: aitta
    • →? Votic: aittõ
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: āita
  • Livvi: aittu
  • Ludian: ait
  • Veps: ait
  • Võro: ait
  • → Proto-Samic: *ājttē

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

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jata”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
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