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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/onni

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

Unknown. Possibly with Northern Sami vuodna or from *onci (“cavity”). In older Finnish, the meaning "one's share in life" is attested, bridging the semantic difference part-way. Alternatively the word may be of Germanic or older Indo-European origin (akin to Proto-Germanic *wunjō, Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-ih₂). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*onni[1]

  1. luck
  2. happiness

Inflection
Inflection of *onni
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *onni *onnët
accusative *onnën *onnët
genitive *onnën *onnëdën
*onnidën
partitive *onnëda *onnida
inessive *onnëssa
*onnëhna		 *onnissa
*onnihna
elative *onnësta *onnista
illative *onnëhën *onnihën
adessive *onnëlla *onnilla
ablative *onnëlta *onnilta
allative *onnëlën
*onnëlëk		 *onnilën
*onnilëk
essive *onnëna *onnina
translative *onnëksi *onniksi
instructive *onnën *onnin
comitative *onnënëk *onninëk
abessive *onnëtta *onnitta

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Estonian: õnn
  • Finnish: onni
  • Ingrian: onni
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: onni
    • South Karelian: onni
  • Livonian: vȯņ
  • Livvi: onni
  • Võro: ynn'
  • Votic: õnni

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