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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oraca

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *woraća (whence also Moksha урось (uroś)), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *warāȷ́ʰás.

Noun

*oraca

  1. (Northern Finnic) boar (male pig)

Inflection
Inflection of *oraca
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *oraca *oracat
accusative *oracan *oracat
genitive *oracan *oracadën
*oracoidën
partitive *oracata *oracoita
inessive *oracassa
*oracahna		 *oracoissa
*oracoihna
elative *oracasta *oracoista
illative *oracasën *oracoisën
adessive *oracalla *oracoilla
ablative *oracalta *oracoilta
allative *oracalën
*oracalëk		 *oracoilën
*oracoilëk
essive *oracana *oracoina
translative *oracaksi *oracoiksi
instructive *oracan *oracoin
comitative *oracanëk *oracoinëk
abessive *oracatta *oracoitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: (dialectal) orasa, oraisa
  • ⇒ Livvi: oračču
  • Veps: oraž, orač

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “oraisa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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