Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ëhva
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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
Alternative forms edit
- *hëhva
Etymology edit
| PIE word |
|---|
| *h₁éḱwos |
From earlier *ëšva, probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic *éśwāˀ (whence Lithuanian ašva).
Noun edit
*ëhva
- heifer (young cow)
Inflection edit
Inflection of *ëhva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ëhva | *ëhvat | |
| accusative | *ëhvan | *ëhvat | |
| genitive | *ëhvan | *ëhvadën *ëhvoidën | |
| partitive | *ëhvada | *ëhvoida | |
| inessive | *ëhvassa *ëhvahna |
*ëhvoissa *ëhvoihna | |
| elative | *ëhvasta | *ëhvoista | |
| illative | *ëhvahën | *ëhvoihën | |
| adessive | *ëhvalla | *ëhvoilla | |
| ablative | *ëhvalta | *ëhvoilta | |
| allative | *ëhvalën *ëhvalëk |
*ëhvoilën *ëhvoilëk | |
| essive | *ëhvana | *ëhvoina | |
| translative | *ëhvaksi | *ëhvoiksi | |
| instructive | *ëhvan | *ëhvoin | |
| comitative | *ëhvanëk | *ëhvoinëk | |
| abessive | *ëhvatta | *ëhvoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: õhv
- Finnish: hieho, (dialectal) hiehvo, hehvo, ieho
- ⇒ Ingrian: heevikke
- ⇒ Karelian: hiehkoine
- Livonian: õ’v
- Võro: õhv, hõhv
- Votic: õhvõ
Further reading edit
- “õhv”, 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), “hieho”, 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