Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hihna

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier *ši(k)šna, probably borrowed from a substrate language. Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian siksna, Lithuanian šikšnà) and Erzya кшна (kšna, strap), Moksha [script needed] (šna)) are probably separate loans from the same substrate source.[1]

Noun[edit]

*hihna

  1. leather belt, strap

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: (dialectal) hihn, ihn
  • Finnish: hihna
  • Karelian: hiihna
  • Livonian: nī’ņ
  • Livvi: hiihnu
  • Ludian: hiihn
  • Veps: hihn
  • Votic: (Rudja) ihna
  • ? Proto-Samic: *sësnē

References[edit]

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “hihna”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29