Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hibus

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-Germanic *hiwją with the suffix *-us, either directly or later within Finnic as *hipjä (“skin”) +‎ *-us. Loss of *h in Estonian is irregular, but could be due to the influence of *iho (“skin”).

Noun

*hibus

1. (usually in the plural) hair on the head
2. (single) hair, strand of hair

Inflection

Inflection of *hibus

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hibus	*hibuksët
accusative		*hibuksën	*hibuksët
genitive		*hibuksën	*hibustën *hibuksidën
partitive		*hibusta	*hibuksita
inessive		*hibuksëssa *hibuksëhna	*hibuksissa *hibuksihna
elative		*hibuksësta	*hibuksista
illative		*hibuksësën	*hibuksisën
adessive		*hibuksëlla	*hibuksilla
ablative		*hibuksëlta	*hibuksilta
allative		*hibuksëlën *hibuksëlëk	*hibuksilën *hibuksilëk
essive		*hibussa	*hibuksina
translative		*hibuksëksi	*hibuksiksi
instructive		*hibuksën	*hibuksin
comitative		*hibussëk	*hibuksinëk
abessive		*hibuksëtta	*hibuksitta

Synonyms

• (hair on the head): *tukka
• (single hair): *habën, *hapci, *kalki

Descendants

• Estonian: juus
• Finnish: hius
• Ingrian: hius
• Karelian: hivus
• Livonian: ibūks
• Livvi: hivus
  • → Ludian: hivus
• Veps: hibuz
• Võro: hius
• Votic: ivuz

References

• “juus”, in [ETY] 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]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN