Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/avanto

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

*ava +‎ *-nto.

Noun

*avanto

1. ice hole

Inflection

Inflection of *avanto

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*avanto	*avandot
accusative		*avandon	*avandot
genitive		*avandon	*avantodën *avantoidën
partitive		*avantota	*avantoita
inessive		*avandossa *avandohna	*avandoissa *avandoihna
elative		*avandosta	*avandoista
illative		*avantosën	*avantoisën
adessive		*avandolla	*avandoilla
ablative		*avandolta	*avandoilta
allative		*avantolën *avantolëk	*avantoilën *avantoilëk
essive		*avantona	*avantoina
translative		*avandoksi	*avandoiksi
instructive		*avandon	*avandoin
comitative		*avantonëk	*avantoinëk
abessive		*avandotta	*avandoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) avand, avandus
• Finnish: avanto
• Ingrian: avanto
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: avanto
  • South Karelian: avando
• Livonian: ovāt (“spring, hole in the ice”)
  • →? Latvian: avots
• Livvi: avando
• Votic: avanto, avato

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “avanto”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN