Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahnas
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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]Borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)aćHnas (whence Sanskrit अश्न (aśna, “gluttonous”)). [1]
Adjective
[edit]*ahnas
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *ahnas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ahnas | *ahnahët | |
| accusative | *ahnahën | *ahnahët | |
| genitive | *ahnahën | *ahnastën *ahnahidën | |
| partitive | *ahnasta | *ahnahita | |
| inessive | *ahnahëssa *ahnahëhna |
*ahnahissa *ahnahihna | |
| elative | *ahnahësta | *ahnahista | |
| illative | *ahnahësën | *ahnahisën | |
| adessive | *ahnahëlla | *ahnahilla | |
| ablative | *ahnahëlta | *ahnahilta | |
| allative | *ahnahëlën *ahnahëlëk |
*ahnahilën *ahnahilëk | |
| essive | *ahnassa | *ahnahina | |
| translative | *ahnahëksi | *ahnahiksi | |
| instructive | *ahnahën | *ahnahin | |
| comitative | *ahnassëk | *ahnahinëk | |
| abessive | *ahnahëtta | *ahnahitta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: ahnas
- Ingrian: ahnas
- Karelian:
- Livvi: ahnas
- Ludian: ⇒ ahnak
- Veps: ⇒ (Northern) ažlak, (Southern) ahlak
- Votic: ahnõz
- → Proto-Samic: *(h)ānēs (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
[edit]- “ahne”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012