Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ëhva

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

Alternative forms

• *hëhva

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

From earlier *ëšva, probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic *éśwāˀ (whence Lithuanian ašva).

Noun

*ëhva

1. heifer (young cow)

Inflection

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

• Estonian: õhv
• Finnish: hieho, (dialectal) hiehvo, hehvo, ieho
• ⇒ Ingrian: heevikke
• ⇒ Karelian:
  • North Karelian: hiehkoni
• Livonian: õ’v
• Võro: õhv, hõhv
• Votic: õhvõ

Further reading

• “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]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN