Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hukta

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *šukta (whence Erzya чувто (čuvto, “tree”)), probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Persian سوختن (sôxtan, “to burn”)).

Noun

*hukta

1. swidden (area cleared and burnt for cultivation)

Inflection

Inflection of *hukta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hukta	*huktat
accusative		*huktan	*huktat
genitive		*huktan	*huktadën *huktëidën
partitive		*huktada	*huktëida
inessive		*huktassa *huktahna	*huktëissa *huktëihna
elative		*huktasta	*huktëista
illative		*huktahën	*huktëihën
adessive		*huktalla	*huktëilla
ablative		*huktalta	*huktëilta
allative		*huktalën *huktalëk	*huktëilën *huktëilëk
essive		*huktana	*huktëina
translative		*huktaksi	*huktëiksi
instructive		*huktan	*huktëin
comitative		*huktanëk	*huktëinëk
abessive		*huktatta	*huktëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) uht
• Finnish: huhta, huuhta
• Karelian: huuhta
• Livvi: huuhtu
• Ludian: huuht

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “huhta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (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
• Entry #1623 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.