Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/etana

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

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (overeater, glutton).

Noun edit

*etana

  1. (Northern Finnic) slug, snail (Gastropoda)

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

From *etana:

  • Finnish: etana
  • Karelian: (Southern) edana

From *etona:

From *etenoi:

Further reading edit

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “etana”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN