Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hanhi
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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
From earlier *šanši, through Proto-Balto-Slavic *źansís from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (compare e.g. Lithuanian žąsis).
Noun
*hanhi[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *hanhi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hanhi | *hanhët | |
| accusative | *hanhën | *hanhët | |
| genitive | *hanhën | *hanhëdën *hanhidën | |
| partitive | *hanhëda | *hanhida | |
| inessive | *hanhëssa *hanhëhna |
*hanhissa *hanhihna | |
| elative | *hanhësta | *hanhista | |
| illative | *hanhëhën | *hanhihën | |
| adessive | *hanhëlla | *hanhilla | |
| ablative | *hanhëlta | *hanhilta | |
| allative | *hanhëlën *hanhëlëk |
*hanhilën *hanhilëk | |
| essive | *hanhëna | *hanhina | |
| translative | *hanhëksi | *hanhiksi | |
| instructive | *hanhën | *hanhin | |
| comitative | *hanhënëk | *hanhinëk | |
| abessive | *hanhëtta | *hanhitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: hani
- → Võro: hani
- Finnish: hanhi
- Ingrian: hanhi
- Karelian:
- Livvi: hanhi
- Ludian: hanh
- Veps: hanh', (Central) haneh, (Southern) handez
- Võro: haah'
- Votic: anõ (from *hanheh)
Further reading
- “hani”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
References
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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