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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/omëna

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 borrowed from Indo-Iranian language (compare Yidgha [script needed] (åmuno), [script needed] (amun, apple)).

Noun

*omëna

  1. apple

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: omena
  • Ingrian: omena, (dialectal) ommeena
  • Karelian: omena
  • Votic: omenõ

From *ouna ?:

  • Estonian: õun
  • Ingrian: ouna
  • Votic: (Kattila) õuna

From *omar-:

  • Livonian: umārz

Further reading

  • õun in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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