Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahnëh

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 *ahnas +‎ *-ëh.

Adjective

*ahnëh

1. greedy

Inflection

Inflection of *ahnëh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ahnëh	*ahnëhët
accusative		*ahnëhën	*ahnëhët
genitive		*ahnëhën	*ahnëhtën *ahnëhidën
partitive		*ahnëhta	*ahnëhita
inessive		*ahnëhëssa *ahnëhëhna	*ahnëhissa *ahnëhihna
elative		*ahnëhësta	*ahnëhista
illative		*ahnëhësën	*ahnëhisën
adessive		*ahnëhëlla	*ahnëhilla
ablative		*ahnëhëlta	*ahnëhilta
allative		*ahnëhëlën *ahnëhëlëk	*ahnëhilën *ahnëhilëk
essive		*ahnëhëna	*ahnëhina
translative		*ahnëhëksi	*ahnëhiksi
instructive		*ahnëhën	*ahnëhin
comitative		*ahnëhënëk	*ahnëhinëk
abessive		*ahnëhëtta	*ahnëhitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ahne
• Finnish: ahne
• Karelian: ahneh
• Livvi: ahneh
• Võro: ahnõq
• Votic: ahnõ

Further reading

• “ahne”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012