Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/herneh
Proto-Finnic edit
Etymology edit
From earlier *šerneš, borrowed from Eastern Proto-Baltic [Term?] (“pea”) (whence Latvian zirnis, Lithuanian žirnis), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna (“grain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”).[1] Final -s/-z in Estonian and Livonian is unclear.
Noun edit
*herneh[2]
Inflection edit
Inflection of *herneh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *herneh | *hernehet | |
accusative | *hernehen | *hernehet | |
genitive | *hernehen | *hernehten *hernehiden | |
partitive | *hernehtä | *hernehitä | |
inessive | *hernehessä *hernehehnä |
*hernehissä *hernehihnä | |
elative | *hernehestä | *hernehistä | |
illative | *hernehesen | *hernehisen | |
adessive | *hernehellä | *hernehillä | |
ablative | *herneheltä | *hernehiltä | |
allative | *hernehelen *hernehelek |
*hernehilen *hernehilek | |
essive | *hernehenä | *hernehinä | |
translative | *herneheksi | *hernehiksi | |
instructive | *hernehen | *hernehin | |
comitative | *hernehenek | *hernehinek | |
abessive | *hernehettä | *hernehittä |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: hernes
- Finnish: herne
- Ingrian: herne
- Karelian:
- Livonian: jērnaz
- Livvi: herneh
- Ludian: herneh
- Veps: herneh
- Võro: herneh
- Votic: erne
References edit
Further reading edit
- “hernes”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN