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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aitta
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably *ajadak + *-tta (*ajetta, 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
- 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 | *aittaden *aittoiden | |
| partitive | *aittada | *aittoida | |
| inessive | *ait'assa *ait'ahna | *ait'oissa *ait'oihna | |
| elative | *ait'asta | *ait'oista | |
| illative | *aittahen | *aittoihen | |
| adessive | *ait'alla | *ait'oilla | |
| ablative | *ait'alta | *ait'oilta | |
| allative | *aittalen *aittalek | *aittoilen *aittoilek | |
| essive | *aittana | *aittoina | |
| translative | *ait'aksi | *ait'oiksi | |
| instructive | *ait'an | *ait'oin | |
| comitative | *aittanek | *aittoinek | |
| abessive | *ait'atta | *ait'oitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ait
- Finnish: aitta
- Ingrian: aitta
- →? Votic: aittõ
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: aitta
- South Karelian: aitta
- Livonian: āita
- Livvi: aittu
- Ludian: ait
- Veps: ait
- Võro: ait
- → Proto-Samic: *ājttē
Further reading
- ait in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jata”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 182