Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ani
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *an ~ *ana, whence Old Norse á, also used as intensifier for adjectives cf. Old Norse ámáttigr + *-i. [1]
Adverb
[edit]*ani (Northern Finnic)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ani”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (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