Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hëpo
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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
Unclear. Commonly suspected to derive from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos in some fashion, but no clear source has been found. Metathesis from earlier *ëhpo has been suggested, with a possible parallel in *haapa), which would then be borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ehwaz. LÄGLOS remains skeptical about the possibility.
Has been compared earlier also with Danish hoppe (“adult female horse”), Old Norse hoppa (from Proto-Germanic *huppōną), or with Eastern Mari чома (čoma, “foal”), Komi-Zyrian чань (ćań, “foal”), Udmurt чуньы (ćuńy, “foal”) but since 1950 these have been considered phonetically untenable. The Komi and Udmurt words are possibly rather cognate with *sonni.
Noun
*hëpo[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *hëpo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hëpo | *hëbot | |
| accusative | *hëbon | *hëbot | |
| genitive | *hëbon | *hëpodën *hëpoidën | |
| partitive | *hëpoda | *hëpoida | |
| inessive | *hëbossa *hëbohna |
*hëboissa *hëboihna | |
| elative | *hëbosta | *hëboista | |
| illative | *hëpohën | *hëpoihën | |
| adessive | *hëbolla | *hëboilla | |
| ablative | *hëbolta | *hëboilta | |
| allative | *hëpolën *hëpolëk |
*hëpoilën *hëpoilëk | |
| essive | *hëpona | *hëpoina | |
| translative | *hëboksi | *hëboiksi | |
| instructive | *hëbon | *hëboin | |
| comitative | *hëponëk | *hëpoinëk | |
| abessive | *hëbotta | *hëboitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: hobu
- Finnish: hepo
- Ingrian: hepo
- Karelian:
- Livvi: hebo
- Ludian: hebo
- Veps: hebo
- Votic: õpo, opo
References
- Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.