Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/voi - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From earlier *vooji, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waje.
*voi[1]
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *voi | *voit | |
| accusative | *voin | *voit | |
| genitive | *voin | *voidën *voidën | |
| partitive | *voita | *voita | |
| inessive | *voissa *voihna |
*voissa *voihna | |
| elative | *voista | *voista | |
| illative | *voisën | *voisën | |
| adessive | *voilla | *voilla | |
| ablative | *voilta | *voilta | |
| allative | *voilën *voilëk |
*voilën *voilëk | |
| essive | *voina | *voina | |
| translative | *voiksi | *voiksi | |
| instructive | *voin | *voin | |
| comitative | *voinëk | *voinëk | |
| abessive | *voitta | *voitta | |
- Estonian: või
- Finnish: voi
- Ingrian: voi
- Karelian:
- Livvi: voi
- Veps: voi
- >? Võro: võid, võisõq
- Votic: või
Perhaps of expressive origin. Compare the descendants of Proto-Indo-European *wáy such as Proto-Balto-Slavic *wái and Proto-Germanic *wai (whence English woe).
*voi