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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/uksi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Akin to Proto-Samic *uksë (“door”). Possibly of Baltic origin; cf. Lithuanian uoksas (“hole”), in which case the Sami word may be early loan from Finnic. Udmurt ӧс (ös, “door”), Komi-Permyak ӧдзӧс (ödźös, “door”) and Komi-Zyrian ыбӧс (ybös, “door”) may also be related in some fashion, although no Uralic root can be set up.
Inflection
Inflection of *uksi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *uksi | *uksët | |
accusative | *uksën | *uksët | |
genitive | *uksën | *ustën *uksidën | |
partitive | *usta | *uksida | |
inessive | *uksëssa *uksëhna |
*uksissa *uksihna | |
elative | *uksësta | *uksista | |
illative | *uksëhën | *uksihën | |
adessive | *uksëlla | *uksilla | |
ablative | *uksëlta | *uksilta | |
allative | *uksëlën *uksëlëk |
*uksilën *uksilëk | |
essive | *ussa | *uksina | |
translative | *uksëksi | *uksiksi | |
instructive | *uksën | *uksin | |
comitative | *ussëk | *uksinëk | |
abessive | *uksëtta | *uksitta |
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- “uks”, 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), 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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