Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/uksi

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

Akin to Proto-Samic *uksë (“door”). Possibly of Baltic origin; cf. Lithuanian uoksas (“hole”), in which case the Sami word may be early loan from Finnic. Udmurt ӧс (ös, “door”), Komi-Permyak ӧдзӧс (ödźös, “door”) and Komi-Zyrian ыбӧс (ybös, “door”) may also be related in some fashion, although no Uralic root can be set up.

Noun

*uksi

1. door

Inflection

Inflection of *uksi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*uksi	*uksët
accusative		*uksën	*uksët
genitive		*uksën	*ustën *uksidën
partitive		*usta	*uksida
inessive		*uksëssa *uksëhna	*uksissa *uksihna
elative		*uksësta	*uksista
illative		*uksëhën	*uksihën
adessive		*uksëlla	*uksilla
ablative		*uksëlta	*uksilta
allative		*uksëlën *uksëlëk	*uksilën *uksilëk
essive		*ussa	*uksina
translative		*uksëksi	*uksiksi
instructive		*uksën	*uksin
comitative		*ussëk	*uksinëk
abessive		*uksëtta	*uksitta

Synonyms

• *ovi

Descendants

• Estonian: uks
• Finnish: uksi
• Ingrian: uksi, uks
• Karelian: uksi, ukši
• Livonian: ukš
• Livvi: uksi
• Ludian: ukš
• Veps: uks'
• Võro: uss'
• Votic: uhsi

References

• “uks”, 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN