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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/netra
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown.
Adjective
*netra
- weak; frail; poor
- flexible
Inflection
Inflection of *netra
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *netra | *netrat | |
accusative | *netran | *netrat | |
genitive | *netran | *netraden *netroiden | |
partitive | *netrada | *netroida | |
inessive | *netrassa | *netroissa | |
elative | *netrasta | *netroista | |
illative | *netrahen | *netroihen | |
adessive | *netralla | *netroilla | |
ablative | *netralta | *netroilta | |
allative | *netralek | *netroilek | |
essive | *netrana | *netroina | |
translative | *netraksi | *netroiksi | |
instructive | *netran | *netroin | |
comitative | *netranek | *netroinek | |
abessive | *netrakta | *netroikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: nõder
- Livonian: nõ’ddõrz
- Võro: nõtr, nõdõr, nõdyr'
- Votic: nõdra
- →? Ingrian: nodra
From *neträ
- Finnish: nöyrä, (obsolete) neyrä
- →? Karelian: neyrä
- →? Livvi: neyry
- → Proto-Samic: *neavrē
Further reading
- nõder in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN