Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/avanto
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Noun
*avanto
Inflection
Inflection of *avanto
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *avanto | *avandot | |
| accusative | *avandon | *avandot | |
| genitive | *avandon | *avantodën *avantoidën | |
| partitive | *avantota | *avantoita | |
| inessive | *avandossa *avandohna |
*avandoissa *avandoihna | |
| elative | *avandosta | *avandoista | |
| illative | *avantosën | *avantoisën | |
| adessive | *avandolla | *avandoilla | |
| ablative | *avandolta | *avandoilta | |
| allative | *avantolën *avantolëk |
*avantoilën *avantoilëk | |
| essive | *avantona | *avantoina | |
| translative | *avandoksi | *avandoiksi | |
| instructive | *avandon | *avandoin | |
| comitative | *avantonëk | *avantoinëk | |
| abessive | *avandotta | *avandoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) avand, avandus
- Finnish: avanto
- Ingrian: avanto
- → Votic: avanto
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: avanto
- South Karelian: avando
- Livonian: ovāt (“spring, hole in the ice”), (Salaca) avat (“spring”)
- →? Latvian: avots (“spring”)
- →? Latgalian: olūts (“spring”)
- Livvi: avando
- Votic: avato
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “avanto”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN