Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hihna
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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 *ši(k)šna, cognate with Proto-Samic *sësnē, probably borrowed from a substrate language. Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian siksna, Lithuanian šikšnà) and Erzya кшна (kšna, “strap”), Moksha (šna)) are probably separate loans from the same substrate source.[1]
Noun
*hihna[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *hihna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hihna | *hihnat | |
| accusative | *hihnan | *hihnat | |
| genitive | *hihnan | *hihnadën *hihnoidën | |
| partitive | *hihnada | *hihnoida | |
| inessive | *hihnassa *hihnahna |
*hihnoissa *hihnoihna | |
| elative | *hihnasta | *hihnoista | |
| illative | *hihnahën | *hihnoihën | |
| adessive | *hihnalla | *hihnoilla | |
| ablative | *hihnalta | *hihnoilta | |
| allative | *hihnalën *hihnalëk |
*hihnoilën *hihnoilëk | |
| essive | *hihnana | *hihnoina | |
| translative | *hihnaksi | *hihnoiksi | |
| instructive | *hihnan | *hihnoin | |
| comitative | *hihnanëk | *hihnoinëk | |
| abessive | *hihnatta | *hihnoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) hihn, ihn
- Finnish: hihna
- Karelian:
- Livonian: nī’ņ
- Livvi: hiihnu
- Ludian: hiihn
- Veps: hihn
- Votic: (Rudja) ihna
- → Proto-Samic: *šišnē (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “hihna”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*hihna”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)