Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahvën
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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, but cognate with Proto-Samic *vuosŋōn, suggesting earlier *ašŋene. Possibly from a substrate.
Noun
*ahvën[1]
- perch (fish)
Inflection
Inflection of *ahvën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ahvën | *ahvënët | |
| accusative | *ahvënën | *ahvënët | |
| genitive | *ahvënën | *ahvëndën *ahvënidën | |
| partitive | *ahvënta | *ahvënita | |
| inessive | *ahvënëssa *ahvënëhna |
*ahvënissa *ahvënihna | |
| elative | *ahvënësta | *ahvënista | |
| illative | *ahvënësën | *ahvënisën | |
| adessive | *ahvënëlla | *ahvënilla | |
| ablative | *ahvënëlta | *ahvënilta | |
| allative | *ahvënëlën *ahvënëlëk |
*ahvënilën *ahvënilëk | |
| essive | *ahvënna | *ahvënina | |
| translative | *ahvënëksi | *ahvëniksi | |
| instructive | *ahvënën | *ahvënin | |
| comitative | *ahvënnëk | *ahvëninëk | |
| abessive | *ahvënëtta | *ahvënitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ahven
- Finnish: ahven
- Ingrian: ahven
- Karelian:
- Livonian: o’unõz
- Livvi: ahven
- Ludian: ahveń
- Veps: ahven
- Võro: ahhun'
- Votic: ahvõn, ahvõkko, ahvokko
References
- “ahven”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012