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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/akana

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō.

Noun

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*akana[1]

  1. husk, chaff
    Synonym: *ruumën

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: agan
  • Finnish: akana
  • Ingrian: akana
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: agān, agānõz
  • Livvi: agan
  • Ludian: agan
  • Veps: agan
  • Võro: akan'
  • Votic: akanõ

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*akana”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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