Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aitta

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

Probably *ajadak +‎ *-tta (*ajëtta, with a similar change of medial *ajeC > *aiC like in *aisa, *kaikki and possibly *aika), in the sense "a place that is driven full, filled".

A proposal connecting this with a hypothetical Proto-Slavic *aitā (compare Polish jata (“shed, granary”), Czech jata, Bulgarian ятка (jatka)) appears unlikely. These words go back to a Proto-Slavic *jata, which ESSJa rejects going back to an older *aita- or *oito-, also arguing that the word more likely originally meant "flock, herd".

Noun

*aitta

1. storehouse

Inflection

Inflection of *aitta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*aitta	*ait'at
accusative		*ait'an	*ait'at
genitive		*ait'an	*aittadën *aittoidën
partitive		*aittada	*aittoida
inessive		*ait'assa *ait'ahna	*ait'oissa *ait'oihna
elative		*ait'asta	*ait'oista
illative		*aittahën	*aittoihën
adessive		*ait'alla	*ait'oilla
ablative		*ait'alta	*ait'oilta
allative		*aittalën *aittalëk	*aittoilën *aittoilëk
essive		*aittana	*aittoina
translative		*ait'aksi	*ait'oiksi
instructive		*ait'an	*ait'oin
comitative		*aittanëk	*aittoinëk
abessive		*ait'atta	*ait'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ait
• Finnish: aitta
• Ingrian: aitta
  • →? Votic: aittõ
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: aitta
  • South Karelian: aitta
• Livonian: āita
• Livvi: aittu
• Ludian: ait
• Veps: ait
• Võro: ait
• → Proto-Samic: *ājttē

Further reading

• “ait”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012