Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hahka

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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 from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ačka (“white”).

Adjective

*hahka[1]

  1. grey, gray
    Synonym: *harmaga

Noun

*hahka[1]

  1. common eider (Somateria mollissima)

Inflection

Inflection of *hahka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hahka *hahkat
accusative *hahkan *hahkat
genitive *hahkan *hahkadën
*hahkoidën
partitive *hahkada *hahkoida
inessive *hahkassa
*hahkahna 		*hahkoissa
*hahkoihna
elative *hahkasta *hahkoista
illative *hahkahën *hahkoihën
adessive *hahkalla *hahkoilla
ablative *hahkalta *hahkoilta
allative *hahkalën
*hahkalëk 		*hahkoilën
*hahkoilëk
essive *hahkana *hahkoina
translative *hahkaksi *hahkoiksi
instructive *hahkan *hahkoin
comitative *hahkanëk *hahkoinëk
abessive *hahkatta *hahkoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: hahk
  • Finnish: haahka, (dialectal) hahka
  • Karelian: hoahka
  • Livonian:
    • Courland Livonian: ǭ’gi (< *hahkainen)
    • Vidzeme Livonian: āģi
  • Ludian: huahk
  • Veps: hahk
  • Võro: hahk
  • Votic: (Mati) aahka

From *haahkoi ("grey sheep"):

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*hahka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “hahk”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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