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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ota
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Uralic *woča (“fence, fishweir”) (whence also *otava).
Noun
*ota
- spear
- thorn, prickle
Inflection
Inflection of *ota
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ota | *odat | |
accusative | *odan | *odat | |
genitive | *odan | *otaden *oteiden | |
partitive | *otada | *oteida | |
inessive | *odassa | *odeissa | |
elative | *odasta | *odeista | |
illative | *otahen | *oteihen | |
adessive | *odalla | *odeilla | |
ablative | *odalta | *odeilta | |
allative | *otalek | *oteilek | |
essive | *otana | *oteina | |
translative | *odaksi | *odeiksi | |
instructive | *odan | *odein | |
comitative | *otanek | *oteinek | |
abessive | *odakta | *odeikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: oda
- Finnish: ota
- Livonian: vȯdā, vuodā
- ⇒ Veps: odeg
- Võro: oda
Further reading
- oda in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN