Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/häici
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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 1
From earlier *šäjti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian zieds, Lithuanian žiedas).
Noun
*häici
- flower
- Synonym: *kukka
- inflorescence
Inflection
Inflection of *häici
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *häici | *häidet | |
| accusative | *häiden | *häidet | |
| genitive | *häiden | *häit'en *häiciden | |
| partitive | *häittä | *häicidä | |
| inessive | *häidessä *häidehnä |
*häicissä *häicihnä | |
| elative | *häidestä | *häicistä | |
| illative | *häitehen | *häicihen | |
| adessive | *häidellä | *häicillä | |
| ablative | *häideltä | *häiciltä | |
| allative | *häitelen *häitelek |
*häicilen *häicilek | |
| essive | *häinnä | *häicinä | |
| translative | *häideksi | *häiciksi | |
| instructive | *häiden | *häicin | |
| comitative | *häinnek | *häicinek | |
| abessive | *häidettä | *häicittä | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From earlier *šäjti, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saidô.
Noun
*häici
Inflection
Inflection of *häici
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *häici | *häidet | |
| accusative | *häiden | *häidet | |
| genitive | *häiden | *häit'en *häiciden | |
| partitive | *häittä | *häicidä | |
| inessive | *häidessä *häidehnä |
*häicissä *häicihnä | |
| elative | *häidestä | *häicistä | |
| illative | *häitehen | *häicihen | |
| adessive | *häidellä | *häicillä | |
| ablative | *häideltä | *häiciltä | |
| allative | *häitelen *häitelek |
*häicilen *häicilek | |
| essive | *häinnä | *häicinä | |
| translative | *häideksi | *häiciksi | |
| instructive | *häiden | *häicin | |
| comitative | *häinnek | *häicinek | |
| abessive | *häidettä | *häicittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ⇒ heie
- Finnish: (dialectal) heisi, ⇒ heisimato
- Karelian: ⇒
- Livvi: ⇒ höydöi, höi
- Ludian: ⇒ höydöi, höüdijaine, ⇒ heižmado
- Veps: ⇒ heiže
- Võro: ⇒ häieh
Further reading
- “õis”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- “heie”, in 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), “heisipuu”, 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