Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nëtra

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

Unknown.

Adjective

*nëtra

1. weak; frail; poor
2. flexible

Inflection

Inflection of *nëtra

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*nëtra	*nëtrat
accusative		*nëtran	*nëtrat
genitive		*nëtran	*nëtradën *nëtroidën
partitive		*nëtrada	*nëtroida
inessive		*nëtrassa *nëtrahna	*nëtroissa *nëtroihna
elative		*nëtrasta	*nëtroista
illative		*nëtrahën	*nëtroihën
adessive		*nëtralla	*nëtroilla
ablative		*nëtralta	*nëtroilta
allative		*nëtralën *nëtralëk	*nëtroilën *nëtroilëk
essive		*nëtrana	*nëtroina
translative		*nëtraksi	*nëtroiksi
instructive		*nëtran	*nëtroin
comitative		*nëtranëk	*nëtroinëk
abessive		*nëtratta	*nëtroitta

Descendants

• Estonian: nõder
• Livonian: nõ’ddõrz
• Võro: nõtr, nõdõr, nõdyr'
• Votic: nõdrõ
  • → Ingrian: nodra

From *neträ

• Finnish: nöyrä, (obsolete) neyrä
  • → Ingrian: nöyrä
  • →? Karelian:
    • North Karelian: neyrä
    • South Karelian: neyrä
  • →? Livvi: neyry
  • → Proto-Samic: *neavrē

Further reading

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