Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haava

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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hawwą, compare Icelandic högg (hit, blow) and Swedish hugg (stab wound, stab).

Noun edit

*haava

  1. wound

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: haav
  • Finnish: haava
  • Ingrian: haava
  • Karelian: huava
  • Livonian: ǭ’v
  • Võro: haav
  • Votic: (Mati) aavõ

Further reading edit

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