Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ouvi

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

From Proto-Uralic *owwe.

Noun

*ouvi

1. door

   Synonym: *uksi

2. yard

   Synonym: *piha

Inflection

Inflection of *ouvi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ouvi	*ouvët
accusative		*ouvën	*ouvët
genitive		*ouvën	*ouvëdën *ouvidën
partitive		*ouvëda	*ouvida
inessive		*ouvëssa *ouvëhna	*ouvissa *ouvihna
elative		*ouvësta	*ouvista
illative		*ouvëhën	*ouvihën
adessive		*ouvëlla	*ouvilla
ablative		*ouvëlta	*ouvilta
allative		*ouvëlën *ouvëlëk	*ouvilën *ouvilëk
essive		*ouvëna	*ouvina
translative		*ouvëksi	*ouviksi
instructive		*ouvën	*ouvin
comitative		*ouvënëk	*ouvinëk
abessive		*ouvëtta	*ouvitta

Alternative reconstructions

• *ovi, *ovvi

Descendants

• Estonian: õu
• Finnish: ovi
• Ingrian: ovi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ovi
  • South Karelian: ovi
• Votic: õvvi

Further reading

• “õu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “ovi”, 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