Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ota

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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 Proto-Uralic *woča (fence, fishweir) (whence also *otava).

Noun[edit]

*ota

  1. spear
  2. thorn, prickle

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: oda
  • Finnish: ota
  • Livonian: vȯdā, vuodā
  • Veps: odeg
  • Võro: oda

Further reading[edit]

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