Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahvën

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

Etymology

Unknown, but cognate with Proto-Samic *vuosŋōn, suggesting earlier *ašŋene. Possibly from a substrate.

Noun

*ahvën

1. perch (fish)

Inflection

Inflection of *ahvën

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ahvën	*ahvënët
accusative		*ahvënën	*ahvënët
genitive		*ahvënën	*ahvëndën *ahvënidën
partitive		*ahvënta	*ahvënita
inessive		*ahvënëssa *ahvënëhna	*ahvënissa *ahvënihna
elative		*ahvënësta	*ahvënista
illative		*ahvënësën	*ahvënisën
adessive		*ahvënëlla	*ahvënilla
ablative		*ahvënëlta	*ahvënilta
allative		*ahvënëlën *ahvënëlëk	*ahvënilën *ahvënilëk
essive		*ahvënna	*ahvënina
translative		*ahvënëksi	*ahvëniksi
instructive		*ahvënën	*ahvënin
comitative		*ahvënnëk	*ahvëninëk
abessive		*ahvënëtta	*ahvënitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ahven
• Finnish: ahven
• Ingrian: ahven
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ahven
  • South Karelian: ahven
• Livonian: o’unõz
• Livvi: ahven
• Ludian: ahveń
• Veps: ahven
• Võro: ahhun'
• Votic: ahvõn, ahvõkko, ahvokko

References

• “ahven”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012