Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ovi

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *ouvi, *ovvi

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *owe.

Noun

*ovi

1. door

   Synonym: *uksi

Inflection

Inflection of *ovi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ovi	*ovët
accusative		*ovën	*ovët
genitive		*ovën	*ovëdën *ovidën
partitive		*ovëda	*ovida
inessive		*ovëssa *ovëhna	*ovissa *ovihna
elative		*ovësta	*ovista
illative		*ovëhën	*ovihën
adessive		*ovëlla	*ovilla
ablative		*ovëlta	*ovilta
allative		*ovëlën *ovëlëk	*ovilën *ovilëk
essive		*ovëna	*ovina
translative		*ovëksi	*oviksi
instructive		*ovën	*ovin
comitative		*ovënëk	*ovinëk
abessive		*ovëtta	*ovitta

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ouvi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)
• “õu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012