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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/avanto

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

*ava +‎ *-nto.

Noun

*avanto

  1. hole in the ice

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 *avantoden
*avantoiden
partitive *avantota *avantoita
inessive *avandossa
*avandohna		 *avandoissa
*avandoihna
elative *avandosta *avandoista
illative *avantosen *avantoisen
adessive *avandolla *avandoilla
ablative *avandolta *avandoilta
allative *avantolen
*avantolek		 *avantoilen
*avantoilek
essive *avantona *avantoina
translative *avandoksi *avandoiksi
instructive *avandon *avandoin
comitative *avantonek *avantoinek
abessive *avandotta *avandoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: avand, avandus (dialectal)
  • Finnish: avanto
  • Ingrian: avanto
  • Karelian: avanto
  • Livonian: ovāt (“spring, hole in the ice”)
  • Livvi: avando
  • Votic: avanto, avato

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “avanto”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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