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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/atra
 | 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
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *arþrą (compare Old Norse arðr), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.
Noun
*atra
- plough, plow
Inflection
Inflection of *atra
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *atra | *atrat | |
| accusative | *atran | *atrat | |
| genitive | *atran | *atraden *atroiden | |
| partitive | *atrada | *atroida | |
| inessive | *atrassa *atrahna | *atroissa *atroihna | |
| elative | *atrasta | *atroista | |
| illative | *atrahen | *atroihen | |
| adessive | *atralla | *atroilla | |
| ablative | *atralta | *atroilta | |
| allative | *atralen *atralek | *atroilen *atroilek | |
| essive | *atrana | *atroina | |
| translative | *atraksi | *atroiksi | |
| instructive | *atran | *atroin | |
| comitative | *atranek | *atroinek | |
| abessive | *atratta | *atroitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ader, (dialectal) ahr
- Finnish: aura, (dialectal variants) arra, atra, aatra, oatra, uatra
- Ingrian: adra
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: atra
- South Karelian: adra
- Livonian: a'ddõrz, a'drõz
- Livvi: adru
- Ludian: [Term?] (adre̮)
- Veps: adr
- Võro: adõr/adyr'/atr
- Votic: adrõ
References
- ader in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN