Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aina

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 1

    Possibly borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (whence Old Prussian ainat (“always”)).

    Adverb

    *aina

    1. always
    Descendants

    From *aina:

    • Estonian: aina
    • Finnish: aina
      • → Inari Sami: ain
      • → Northern Sami: ain
    • Ingrian: ain, aina, aine
    • Karelian:
      • North Karelian: aina
      • South Karelian: aina
    • Votic: ain, ainõ

    From *aino:

    • Karelian:
      • South Karelian: aino
    • Ludian: aino

    From *ainos:

    Etymology 2

      According to Aikio (2020), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ajna.[1]

      Noun

      *aina[2]

      1. cord, string attaching a fishnet to another
      Inflection
      Inflection of *aina
      Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
      singular plural
      nominative *aina *ainat
      accusative *ainan *ainat
      genitive *ainan *ainadën
      *ainoidën
      partitive *ainada *ainoida
      inessive *ainassa
      *ainahna       		*ainoissa
      *ainoihna
      elative *ainasta *ainoista
      illative *ainahën *ainoihën
      adessive *ainalla *ainoilla
      ablative *ainalta *ainoilta
      allative *ainalën
      *ainalëk       		*ainoilën
      *ainoilëk
      essive *ainana *ainoina
      translative *ainaksi *ainoiksi
      instructive *ainan *ainoin
      comitative *ainanëk *ainoinëk
      abessive *ainatta *ainoitta
      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ Aikio, Ante (2020): Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft) [1]
      2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*aina”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

      Further reading

      • “aina”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
      • “ain”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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