Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/habën
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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
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Lithuanian šapas (“straw”)).
Noun
*habën[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *habën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *habën | *hapënët | |
| accusative | *hapënën | *hapënët | |
| genitive | *hapënën | *habëndën *hapënidën | |
| partitive | *habënta | *hapënita | |
| inessive | *hapënëssa *hapënëhna |
*hapënissa *hapënihna | |
| elative | *hapënësta | *hapënista | |
| illative | *hapënësën | *hapënisën | |
| adessive | *hapënëlla | *hapënilla | |
| ablative | *hapënëlta | *hapënilta | |
| allative | *hapënëlën *hapënëlëk |
*hapënilën *hapënilëk | |
| essive | *habënna | *hapënina | |
| translative | *hapënëksi | *hapëniksi | |
| instructive | *hapënën | *hapënin | |
| comitative | *habënnëk | *hapëninëk | |
| abessive | *hapënëtta | *hapënitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: habe
- Finnish: haven, hapene
- Karelian: haven
- Livonian: a’bbõnz, a’bbõnd
- Livvi: haven
- Ludian: haben
- Veps: habin, haben
- Võro: hapõn'
References
Further reading
- “habe”, 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), “haven”, 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