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Proto-Finnic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
Sound-symbolic origin. Compare Erzya эжемс (ežems, “to heat”).
Noun
*hëhku[1]
- breath, exhaled air
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*hëhku
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*hëhkut
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accusative
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*hëhkun
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*hëhkut
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genitive
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*hëhkun
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*hëhkudën *hëhkuidën
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partitive
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*hëhkuda
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*hëhkuida
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inessive
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*hëhkussa *hëhkuhna
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*hëhkuissa *hëhkuihna
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elative
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*hëhkusta
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*hëhkuista
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illative
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*hëhkuhën
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*hëhkuihën
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adessive
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*hëhkulla
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*hëhkuilla
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ablative
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*hëhkulta
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*hëhkuilta
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allative
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*hëhkulën *hëhkulëk
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*hëhkuilën *hëhkuilëk
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essive
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*hëhkuna
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*hëhkuina
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translative
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*hëhkuksi
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*hëhkuiksi
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instructive
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*hëhkun
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*hëhkuin
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comitative
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*hëhkunëk
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*hëhkuinëk
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abessive
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*hëhkutta
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*hëhkuitta
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*(h)ëhku”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “õhk”, 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), “hehkua”, 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