Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/herneh

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 earlier *šerneš, borrowed from Eastern Proto-Baltic [Term?] (“pea”) (whence Latvian zirnis, Lithuanian žirnis), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna (“grain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Final -s/-z in Estonian and Livonian is unclear.

Noun

*herneh

1. pea

Inflection

Inflection of *herneh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*herneh	*hernehet
accusative		*hernehen	*hernehet
genitive		*hernehen	*hernehten *hernehiden
partitive		*hernehtä	*hernehitä
inessive		*hernehessä *hernehehnä	*hernehissä *hernehihnä
elative		*hernehestä	*hernehistä
illative		*hernehesen	*hernehisen
adessive		*hernehellä	*hernehillä
ablative		*herneheltä	*hernehiltä
allative		*hernehelen *hernehelek	*hernehilen *hernehilek
essive		*hernehenä	*hernehinä
translative		*herneheksi	*hernehiksi
instructive		*hernehen	*hernehin
comitative		*hernehenek	*hernehinek
abessive		*hernehettä	*hernehittä

Descendants

• Estonian: hernes
• Finnish: herne
• Ingrian: herne
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: herneh
  • South Karelian: herneh
• Livonian: jērnaz
• Livvi: herneh
• Ludian: herneh
• Veps: herneh
• Võro: herneh
• Votic: erne

Further reading

• “hernes”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN