Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aho

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 borrowed from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

Noun

*aho

1. abandoned swidden; glade (grassy open or cleared space in a forest)

Inflection

Inflection of *aho

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*aho	*ahot
accusative		*ahon	*ahot
genitive		*ahon	*ahodën *ahoidën
partitive		*ahoda	*ahoida
inessive		*ahossa *ahohna	*ahoissa *ahoihna
elative		*ahosta	*ahoista
illative		*ahohën	*ahoihën
adessive		*aholla	*ahoilla
ablative		*aholta	*ahoilta
allative		*aholën *aholëk	*ahoilën *ahoilëk
essive		*ahona	*ahoina
translative		*ahoksi	*ahoiksi
instructive		*ahon	*ahoin
comitative		*ahonëk	*ahoinëk
abessive		*ahotta	*ahoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ahu
• Finnish: aho
• Ingrian: aho
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: aho
  • South Karelian: aho
• Livvi: aho
• Votic: aho

Further reading

• “ahu”, 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), “aho”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN