Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/naatti
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed either from Late Proto-Slavic *natь, or from Early Old East Slavic *нать (*natĭ).
Noun
[edit]*naatti[1]
- top (the above ground part of a root vegetable)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *naatti
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *naatti | *naat'it | |
| accusative | *naat'in | *naat'it | |
| genitive | *naat'in | *naattidën *naattëjidën | |
| partitive | *naattida | *naattëjita | |
| inessive | *naat'issa *naat'ihna |
*naattëjissa *naattëjihna | |
| elative | *naat'ista | *naattëjista | |
| illative | *naattihën | *naattëjisën | |
| adessive | *naat'illa | *naattëjilla | |
| ablative | *naat'ilta | *naattëjilta | |
| allative | *naattilën *naattilëk |
*naattëjilën *naattëjilëk | |
| essive | *naattina | *naattëjina | |
| translative | *naat'iksi | *naattëjiksi | |
| instructive | *naat'in | *naattëjin | |
| comitative | *naattinëk | *naattëjinëk | |
| abessive | *naat'itta | *naattëjitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: naat
- Finnish: naatti
- Ingrian: naatti
- Karelian:
- Livonian: nǭțõz
- Livvi: nuatti
- Ludian: nuatʹ
- Veps: natʹ
- Võro: naat'
- Votic: naatti
Further reading
[edit]- “naat”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “naatti”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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
