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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/iso
 | 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
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian (whence Sanskrit इच्छति (icchati)).
Noun
*iso
- desire, lust, appetite
Inflection
Inflection of *iso
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *iso | *isot | |
| accusative | *ison | *isot | |
| genitive | *ison | *isoden *isoiden | |
| partitive | *isoda | *isoida | |
| inessive | *isossa *isohna | *isoissa *isoihna | |
| elative | *isosta | *isoista | |
| illative | *isohen | *isoihen | |
| adessive | *isolla | *isoilla | |
| ablative | *isolta | *isoilta | |
| allative | *isolen *isolek | *isoilen *isoilek | |
| essive | *isona | *isoina | |
| translative | *isoksi | *isoiksi | |
| instructive | *ison | *isoin | |
| comitative | *isonek | *isoinek | |
| abessive | *isotta | *isoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: isu
- ⇒ Finnish: isota
- Ingrian: iso
- Veps: izo
- Võro: iso
- Votic: iso
Further reading
- isu in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN