Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahava

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

Unknown.

Noun

*ahava

1. dry and cold wind

Inflection

Inflection of *ahava

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ahava	*ahavat
accusative		*ahavan	*ahavat
genitive		*ahavan	*ahavadën *ahavoidën
partitive		*ahavata	*ahavoita
inessive		*ahavassa *ahavahna	*ahavoissa *ahavoihna
elative		*ahavasta	*ahavoista
illative		*ahavasën	*ahavoisën
adessive		*ahavalla	*ahavoilla
ablative		*ahavalta	*ahavoilta
allative		*ahavalën *ahavalëk	*ahavoilën *ahavoilëk
essive		*ahavana	*ahavoina
translative		*ahavaksi	*ahavoiksi
instructive		*ahavan	*ahavoin
comitative		*ahavanëk	*ahavoinëk
abessive		*ahavatta	*ahavoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ahav, aha, ahe (dialectal)
• Finnish: ahava
  • → Northern Sami: áfi
• Ingrian: ahava
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ahava
  • South Karelian: ahava
• Livvi: ahavu
• Ludian: ahav
• Veps: ahau
• Votic: ahavõ

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ahava”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä‎^[1] (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