Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/occidak
Proto-Finnic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown. Has been compared with Erzya вешемс (vešems), Udmurt утчаны (utćany) and Northern Sami ohcat (but at least the last one of these is rather cognate with *udëldak) on one hand and Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Norse inna) on the other; both of these suffer from issues.
Verb
*occidak (stem *occi-)[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *occidak
| 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. | *oc'in | *occëjin | — | *occigon |
| 2nd sing. | *oc'it | *occëjit | *oc'ik | *occigos |
| 3rd sing. | *occibi *occi |
*occëji | *occigasën | *occigosën |
| 1st plur. | *oc'ikmëk *oc'ikmak |
*occëjimëk *occëjimak |
*occigatëmëk *occigatamak |
*occigotëmëk *occigotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *oc'iktëk *oc'iktak |
*occëjidëk *occëjidak |
*occigatë *occigata |
*occigot'ëk *occigotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *occibat *occi |
*occëji | *occigasën | *occigosën |
| passive | *oc'iksën *oc'it'aksën |
*occidisën *oc'ittisën |
*occidakahën *oc'ittakahën |
*occidakohën *oc'ittakohën |
| connegative | *oc'ik | — | *occigak | *occigok |
| passive connegative | *oc'iktak | — | *occidagak *oc'ittagak |
*occidagok *oc'ittagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *oc'ikcin | *occëjicin | *occinën | |
| 2nd sing. | *oc'ikcit | *occëjicit | *occinët | |
| 3rd sing. | *oc'ikci | *occëjici | *occini | |
| 1st plur. | *oc'ikcimëk *oc'ikcimak |
*occëjicimëk *occëjicimak |
*occinëmëk *occinëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *oc'ikcidëk *oc'ikcidak |
*occëjicidëk *occëjicidak |
*occinëdëk *occinëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *oc'ikci | *occëjici | *occini | |
| passive | *occidakcihën *oc'it'akcihën |
*occidicihën *oc'itticihën |
*occidanëhën *oc'ittanëhën | |
| connegative | *oc'ikcik | *occëjicik | *occinëk | |
| passive connegative | *occidakcik *oc'it'akcik |
*occidicik *oc'itticik |
*occidanëk *oc'ittanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *occidak | present | *occiba | *occidapa *oc'ittapa |
| infinitive 2 | *occidë- | past | *occinut | *occidu *oc'ittu |
| gerund/supine | *occima | negative | *occimat'oin | |
| action noun | *occiminen | |||
Descendants
From *occidak:
From *eccidäk (from delabialized *ëccidak with fronting?):
- Finnish: etsiä
- Ingrian: etsiä
- →? Votic: ettsiä
- Karelian:
- Livvi: eččie
- Ludian: eččida
- Veps: ectä, ecta
- Votic:
- Kukkuzi: ettsiä
References
Further reading
- “otsima”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012