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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oimo

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

Possibly from the same root as *oiva, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa (“head”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*oimo[1]

  1. mind, understanding
  2. temple (region of skull)

Inflection
Inflection of *oimo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *oimo *oimot
accusative *oimon *oimot
genitive *oimon *oimodën
*oimoidën
partitive *oimoda *oimoida
inessive *oimossa
*oimohna		 *oimoissa
*oimoihna
elative *oimosta *oimoista
illative *oimohën *oimoihën
adessive *oimolla *oimoilla
ablative *oimolta *oimoilta
allative *oimolën
*oimolëk		 *oimoilën
*oimoilëk
essive *oimona *oimoina
translative *oimoksi *oimoiksi
instructive *oimon *oimoin
comitative *oimonëk *oimoinëk
abessive *oimotta *oimoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: oim
  • Finnish: (dialectal) oimo- (in: oimollaan, oimolla, oimossa (“in one's right mind”))
  • Livonian: uim

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*oimo”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “oim”, 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), “oimo”, 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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