Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/akana

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 *aganō, *ahanō.

Noun edit

*akana[1]

  1. husk, chaff
    Synonym: *ruumën

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

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

Further reading edit

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