Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-hinën

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

Etymology

From *-h- +‎ *-inën. The initial component is the 'weak grade' of *-s- (rather, developed via a regular sound change, not via consonant gradation) that is also found in the inessive (*-ssa) and illative (*-hën) endings, which in this affix has a locative sense.

Suffix

*-hinën / *-hinen

1. Forms nouns or adjectives, mainly from nominal stems.

Inflection

Inflection of *-hinën

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*-hinën	*-hicet
accusative		*-hicen	*-hicet
genitive		*-hicen	*-hictën *-hicidën
partitive		*-hicta	*-hicida
inessive		*-hicessa *-hicehna	*-hicissa *-hicihna
elative		*-hicesta	*-hicista
illative		*-hicehën	*-hicihën
adessive		*-hicella	*-hicilla
ablative		*-hicelta	*-hicilta
allative		*-hicelën *-hicelëk	*-hicilën *-hicilëk
essive		*-hinna	*-hicina
translative		*-hiceksi	*-hiciksi
instructive		*-hicen	*-hicin
comitative		*-hinnëk	*-hicinëk
abessive		*-hicetta	*-hicitta

Derived terms

Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-hinën

Descendants

• Finnish: -(h)inen (partially merged and confused with -inen < *-inën)
• Ingrian: -hiin
• Karelian: -hine
• Livvi: -hine
• Ludian: -hine
• Veps: -hine
• Votic: -in