Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/havu
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Borrowing from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian žabas, žaba) is now considered unlikely.
Noun
[edit]*havu[1]
- sprig or branch of a coniferous tree
- needle of a coniferous tree
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *havu
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 | *havu | *havut | |
accusative | *havun | *havut | |
genitive | *havun | *havudën *havuidën | |
partitive | *havuda | *havuida | |
inessive | *havussa *havuhna |
*havuissa *havuihna | |
elative | *havusta | *havuista | |
illative | *havuhën | *havuihën | |
adessive | *havulla | *havuilla | |
ablative | *havulta | *havuilta | |
allative | *havulën *havulëk |
*havuilën *havuilëk | |
essive | *havuna | *havuina | |
translative | *havuksi | *havuiksi | |
instructive | *havun | *havuin | |
comitative | *havunëk | *havuinëk | |
abessive | *havutta | *havuitta |
Descendants
[edit]From *hapu:
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “havu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (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