Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/naava
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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-Germanic (*fnawwa-) (whence Swedish fnugg).
Noun
*naava
- (Northern Finnic) beard moss, beard lichen
Inflection
Inflection of *naava
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *naava | *naavat | |
| accusative | *naavan | *naavat | |
| genitive | *naavan | *naavadën *naavoidën | |
| partitive | *naavada | *naavoida | |
| inessive | *naavassa *naavahna |
*naavoissa *naavoihna | |
| elative | *naavasta | *naavoista | |
| illative | *naavahën | *naavoihën | |
| adessive | *naavalla | *naavoilla | |
| ablative | *naavalta | *naavoilta | |
| allative | *naavalën *naavalëk |
*naavoilën *naavoilëk | |
| essive | *naavana | *naavoina | |
| translative | *naavaksi | *naavoiksi | |
| instructive | *naavan | *naavoin | |
| comitative | *naavanëk | *naavoinëk | |
| abessive | *naavatta | *naavoitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “naava”, 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