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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/natta

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. Probably sound-symbolic. Alternatively, possibly related to Inari Sami njetti and Nganasan [script needed] (noudiʔ-).

Noun

*natta

  1. slime
  2. snot, mucus

Inflection
Inflection of *natta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *natta *nat'at
accusative *nat'an *nat'at
genitive *nat'an *nattadën
*nattoidën
partitive *nattada *nattoida
inessive *nat'assa
*nat'ahna		 *nat'oissa
*nat'oihna
elative *nat'asta *nat'oista
illative *nattahën *nattoihën
adessive *nat'alla *nat'oilla
ablative *nat'alta *nat'oilta
allative *nattalën
*nattalëk		 *nattoilën
*nattoilëk
essive *nattana *nattoina
translative *nat'aksi *nat'oiksi
instructive *nat'an *nat'oin
comitative *nattanëk *nattoinëk
abessive *nat'atta *nat'oitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) natt
  • Finnish: (dialectal) natta, naatta, näättä, nata
  • Ingrian: natta
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: noatta
  • Votic: nattõ

Further reading
  • “natt”, 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), “natta”, 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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