Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hinta
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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
From earlier *šinta, possibly borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian šimtas (“hundred”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm (in which case a doublet of *sata), albeit the semantic development is not entirely clear.
Noun edit
*hinta
Inflection edit
Inflection of *hinta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hinta | *hindat | |
| accusative | *hindan | *hindat | |
| genitive | *hindan | *hintadën *hintoidën | |
| partitive | *hintada | *hintoida | |
| inessive | *hindassa *hindahna |
*hindoissa *hindoihna | |
| elative | *hindasta | *hindoista | |
| illative | *hintahën | *hintoihën | |
| adessive | *hindalla | *hindoilla | |
| ablative | *hindalta | *hindoilta | |
| allative | *hintalën *hintalëk |
*hintoilën *hintoilëk | |
| essive | *hintana | *hintoina | |
| translative | *hindaksi | *hindoiksi | |
| instructive | *hindan | *hindoin | |
| comitative | *hintanëk | *hintoinëk | |
| abessive | *hindatta | *hindoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: hind
- Finnish: hinta
- Ingrian: hinta
- Karelian: hinta, hinda
- Livonian: īnda
- Livvi: hindu
- Ludian: hind
- Veps: hind
- Võro: hind
- Votic: intõ
Further reading edit
- “hind”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012