Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/havu
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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
Unknown. Borrowing from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian žabas, žaba) is now considered unlikely.
Noun edit
*havu[1]
- sprig or branch of a coniferous tree
- needle of a coniferous tree
Inflection edit
Inflection of *havu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *havu | *havut | |
| accusative | *havun | *havut | |
| genitive | *havun | *havudën *havuidën | |
| partitive | *havuda | *havuida | |
| inessive | *havussa *havuhna |
*havuissa *havuihna | |
| elative | *havusta | *havuista | |
| illative | *havuhën | *havuihën | |
| adessive | *havulla | *havuilla | |
| ablative | *havulta | *havuilta | |
| allative | *havulën *havulëk |
*havuilën *havuilëk | |
| essive | *havuna | *havuina | |
| translative | *havuksi | *havuiksi | |
| instructive | *havun | *havuin | |
| comitative | *havunëk | *havuinëk | |
| abessive | *havutta | *havuitta | |
Descendants edit
From *hapu: