Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/puna
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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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *puna (“color, hair”).
Noun
*puna
- red (colour)
Inflection
Inflection of *puna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *puna | *punat | |
| accusative | *punan | *punat | |
| genitive | *punan | *punadën *punëidën | |
| partitive | *punada | *punëida | |
| inessive | *punassa *punahna |
*punëissa *punëihna | |
| elative | *punasta | *punëista | |
| illative | *punahën | *punëihën | |
| adessive | *punalla | *punëilla | |
| ablative | *punalta | *punëilta | |
| allative | *punalën *punalëk |
*punëilën *punëilëk | |
| essive | *punana | *punëina | |
| translative | *punaksi | *punëiksi | |
| instructive | *punan | *punëin | |
| comitative | *punanëk | *punëinëk | |
| abessive | *punatta | *punëitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “puna”, 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), 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
Further reading
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*puna-inën”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)