Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aivo
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ajŋe-w.[1]
Noun
*aivo[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *aivo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *aivo | *aivot | |
| accusative | *aivon | *aivot | |
| genitive | *aivon | *aivodën *aivoidën | |
| partitive | *aivoda | *aivoida | |
| inessive | *aivossa *aivohna |
*aivoissa *aivoihna | |
| elative | *aivosta | *aivoista | |
| illative | *aivohën | *aivoihën | |
| adessive | *aivolla | *aivoilla | |
| ablative | *aivolta | *aivoilta | |
| allative | *aivolën *aivolëk |
*aivoilën *aivoilëk | |
| essive | *aivona | *aivoina | |
| translative | *aivoksi | *aivoiksi | |
| instructive | *aivon | *aivoin | |
| comitative | *aivonëk | *aivoinëk | |
| abessive | *aivotta | *aivoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: aju
- Finnish: aivot pl, (archaic) aivo
- Ingrian: aivo, aiva
- Karelian:
- Livvi: aivot pl
- Veps: aiv, aivod pl
- Võro: ajo, aivõq pl
- Votic: ajud pl
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “aivo”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*aivo”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “aju”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #5 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.