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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/osait'ak
 | 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 from *osa + *-it'ak.
Verb
*osait'ak (stem *osaida-)
- to know how (to do something), can (do something)
Inflection
Inflection of *osait'ak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *osaidan | *osaicin | — | *osaitkon |
| 2nd sing. | *osaidat | *osaicit | *osaidak | *osaitkos |
| 3rd sing. | *osaidapi *osait | *osaici | *osaitkasen | *osaitkosen |
| 1st plur. | *osaidakmek *osaidakmak | *osaicimek *osaicimak | *osaitkatemek *osaitkatamak | *osaitkotemek *osaitkotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *osaidaktek *osaidaktak | *osaicidek *osaicidak | *osaitkate *osaitkata | *osaitkot'ek *osaitkotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *osaidabat *osait | *osaici | *osaitkasen | *osaitkosen |
| passive | *osaidaksen | *osaittisen *osaidattihen | *osaittakahen *osaidattagasen | *osaittakohen *osaidattagosen |
| connegative | *osaidak | — | *osaitkak | *osaitkok |
| passive connegative | *osaidaktak | — | *osaittagak *osaidattagak | *osaittagok *osaidattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *osaidakcin | *osaicicin | *osainnen | |
| 2nd sing. | *osaidakcit | *osaicicit | *osainnet | |
| 3rd sing. | *osaidakci | *osaicici | *osainni | |
| 1st plur. | *osaidakcimek *osaidakcimak | *osaicicimek *osaicicimak | *osainnemek *osainnemak | |
| 2nd plur. | *osaidakcidek *osaidakcidak | *osaicicidek *osaicicidak | *osainnedek *osainnedak | |
| 3rd plur. | *osaidakci | *osaicici | *osainni | |
| passive | *osait'akcihen *osaidat'akcisen | *osaitticihen *osaidatticisen | *osaittanehen *osaidattanesen | |
| connegative | *osaidakcik | *osaicicik | *osainnek | |
| passive connegative | *osait'akcik *osaidat'akcik | *osaitticik *osaidatticik | *osaittanek *osaidattanek | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *osait'ak | present | *osaidapa | *osaittapa *osaidattaba |
| infinitive 2 | *osaitte- | past | *osainnut | *osaittu *osaidattu |
| gerund/supine | *osaidama | |||
| action noun | *osaidaminen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: oskama/osata
- Finnish: osata
- Ingrian: osata
- Karelian: osata (Northern), ozata (Southern)
- Livonian: vȯ’zzõ
- Livvi: ozata
- Ludian: ozaita
- Veps: ozaita
- Votic: õzata (Mati)
Further reading
- oskama in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN