Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ettana

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”).

Noun

*ettana (Northern Finnic)

1. rest or nap taken after a meal

Inflection

Inflection of *ettana

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ettana	*ettanat
accusative		*ettanan	*ettanat
genitive		*ettanan	*ettanadën *ettanoidën
partitive		*ettanata	*ettanoita
inessive		*ettanassa *ettanahna	*ettanoissa *ettanoihna
elative		*ettanasta	*ettanoista
illative		*ettanasën	*ettanoisën
adessive		*ettanalla	*ettanoilla
ablative		*ettanalta	*ettanoilta
allative		*ettanalën *ettanalëk	*ettanoilën *ettanoilëk
essive		*ettanana	*ettanoina
translative		*ettanaksi	*ettanoiksi
instructive		*ettanan	*ettanoin
comitative		*ettananëk	*ettanoinëk
abessive		*ettanatta	*ettanoitta

Descendants

From *ettana:

• Finnish: (dialectal) ettana

From *ettaneh (with *-ëh):

• Finnish: (dialectal) ettane
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: ettaneh, ettäneh

From *ettoneh (with *-ëh):

• Finnish: (dialectal) ettone
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ettoneh
  • South Karelian: ettoneh

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ettone”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[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