Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oimo
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from the same root as *oiva, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa (“head”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
*oimo[1]
- mind, understanding
- temple (region of skull)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *oimo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *oimo | *oimot | |
| accusative | *oimon | *oimot | |
| genitive | *oimon | *oimodën *oimoidën | |
| partitive | *oimoda | *oimoida | |
| inessive | *oimossa *oimohna |
*oimoissa *oimoihna | |
| elative | *oimosta | *oimoista | |
| illative | *oimohën | *oimoihën | |
| adessive | *oimolla | *oimoilla | |
| ablative | *oimolta | *oimoilta | |
| allative | *oimolën *oimolëk |
*oimoilën *oimoilëk | |
| essive | *oimona | *oimoina | |
| translative | *oimoksi | *oimoiksi | |
| instructive | *oimon | *oimoin | |
| comitative | *oimonëk | *oimoinëk | |
| abessive | *oimotta | *oimoitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: oim
- Finnish: (dialectal) oimo- (in: oimollaan, oimolla, oimossa (“in one's right mind”))
- ⇒ Finnish: ohimo
- Livonian: uim
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “oim”, 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), “oimo”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN