Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/etana
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“overeater, glutton”).
Noun
[edit]*etana
- (Northern Finnic) slug, snail (Gastropoda)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *etana
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *etana | *etanat | |
accusative | *etanan | *etanat | |
genitive | *etanan | *etanadën *etanoidën | |
partitive | *etanata | *etanoita | |
inessive | *etanassa *etanahna |
*etanoissa *etanoihna | |
elative | *etanasta | *etanoista | |
illative | *etanasën | *etanoisën | |
adessive | *etanalla | *etanoilla | |
ablative | *etanalta | *etanoilta | |
allative | *etanalën *etanalëk |
*etanoilën *etanoilëk | |
essive | *etanana | *etanoina | |
translative | *etanaksi | *etanoiksi | |
instructive | *etanan | *etanoin | |
comitative | *etananëk | *etanoinëk | |
abessive | *etanatta | *etanoitta |
Descendants
[edit]From *etana:
From *etona:
From *etenoi:
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “etana”, 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