Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/häkä
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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. Possibly related to Northern Sami ciehki (“thick air”).
Noun
*häkä
Inflection
Inflection of *häkä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *häkä | *hägät | |
| accusative | *hägän | *hägät | |
| genitive | *hägän | *häkäden *häkeiden | |
| partitive | *häkädä | *häkeidä | |
| inessive | *hägässä *hägähnä |
*hägeissä *hägeihnä | |
| elative | *hägästä | *hägeistä | |
| illative | *häkähen | *häkeihen | |
| adessive | *hägällä | *hägeillä | |
| ablative | *hägältä | *hägeiltä | |
| allative | *häkälen *häkälek |
*häkeilen *häkeilek | |
| essive | *häkänä | *häkeinä | |
| translative | *hägäksi | *hägeiksi | |
| instructive | *hägän | *hägein | |
| comitative | *häkänek | *häkeinek | |
| abessive | *hägättä | *hägeittä | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “hägu”, 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), “häkä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN