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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/avanto

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

*ava +‎ *-nto.

Noun

*avanto

  1. ice hole

Inflection
Inflection of *avanto
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *avanto *avandot
accusative *avandon *avandot
genitive *avandon *avantodën
*avantoidën
partitive *avantota *avantoita
inessive *avandossa
*avandohna		 *avandoissa
*avandoihna
elative *avandosta *avandoista
illative *avantosën *avantoisën
adessive *avandolla *avandoilla
ablative *avandolta *avandoilta
allative *avantolën
*avantolëk		 *avantoilën
*avantoilëk
essive *avantona *avantoina
translative *avandoksi *avandoiksi
instructive *avandon *avandoin
comitative *avantonëk *avantoinëk
abessive *avandotta *avandoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) avand, avandus
  • Finnish: avanto
  • Ingrian: avanto
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: avanto
    • South Karelian: avando
  • Livonian: ovāt (“spring, hole in the ice”)
  • Livvi: avando
  • Votic: avanto, avato

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “avanto”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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