Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aitta

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

Probably derived from *ajadak (*ajëtta, with a similar change of medial *ajeC > *aiC like in *aisa, *kaikki and possibly *aika), in the sense "a place that is driven full, filled".

The origin of the suffix *-tta is obscure. One possibility, however remote, is that it is a zero-derived deverbal from *-ttadak verbs, thus effectively making the term a back-formation from a verb **ajëttadak, not attested in any relevant sense in any descendant. A similar morpheme indicating place names can also be found in Proto-Samic *-ttëk.

A proposal connecting this with a hypothetical Proto-Slavic *aitā^[1] (compare Polish jata (“shed, granary”), Czech jata, Bulgarian ятка (jatka), Slovene pojata) appears unlikely. According to ESSJa, these words go back to a Proto-Slavic *jata (“flock, herd”) (see *ěto), which ESSJa rejects going back to an older *aita- or *oito-;^[2] no such earlier form is found in Derksen (which traces the Slavic word in question back to *yeh₂-tóm),^[3] either.

Noun

*aitta^[4]

storehouse

Inflection

Inflection of *aitta

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*aitta	*ait'at
accusative	*ait'an	*ait'at
genitive	*ait'an	aittadën aittoidën
partitive	*aittada	*aittoida
inessive	ait'assa ait'ahna	ait'oissa ait'oihna
elative	*ait'asta	*ait'oista
illative	*aittahën	*aittoihën
adessive	*ait'alla	*ait'oilla
ablative	*ait'alta	*ait'oilta
allative	aittalën aittalëk	aittoilën aittoilëk
essive	*aittana	*aittoina
translative	*ait'aksi	*ait'oiksi
instructive	*ait'an	*ait'oin
comitative	*aittanëk	*aittoinëk
abessive	*ait'atta	*ait'oitta

Descendants

Estonian: ait
Finnish: aitta
Ingrian: aitta
- → Votic: aittõ
Karelian:
- North Karelian: aitta
- South Karelian: aitta
Livonian: āita, (Salaca) āt
Livvi: aittu
Ludian: ait
Veps: ait
Võro: ait
Votic:
- Kukkuzi: aitta
→ Proto-Samic: *ājttē

References

^ Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “aitta”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish)
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jata”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
^ Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 154
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*aitta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

[1] Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “aitta”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish)

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jata”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 182

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 154

[4] Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*aitta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

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