Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ettana
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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-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”).
Noun
[edit]*ettana (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *ettana
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ettana | *ettanat | |
| accusative | *ettanan | *ettanat | |
| genitive | *ettanan | *ettanadën *ettanoidën | |
| partitive | *ettanata | *ettanoita | |
| inessive | *ettanassa *ettanahna |
*ettanoissa *ettanoihna | |
| elative | *ettanasta | *ettanoista | |
| illative | *ettanasën | *ettanoisën | |
| adessive | *ettanalla | *ettanoilla | |
| ablative | *ettanalta | *ettanoilta | |
| allative | *ettanalën *ettanalëk |
*ettanoilën *ettanoilëk | |
| essive | *ettanana | *ettanoina | |
| translative | *ettanaksi | *ettanoiksi | |
| instructive | *ettanan | *ettanoin | |
| comitative | *ettananëk | *ettanoinëk | |
| abessive | *ettanatta | *ettanoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]From *ettana:
- Finnish: (dialectal) ettana
From *ettaneh (with *-ëh):
From *ettoneh (with *-ëh):
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ettone”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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