Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hooku

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 *hoogat'ak +‎ *-u.

Noun

*hooku

1. breath, gasp, sigh

Inflection

Inflection of *hooku

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hooku	*hoogut
accusative		*hoogun	*hoogut
genitive		*hoogun	*hookudën *hookuidën
partitive		*hookuda	*hookuida
inessive		*hoogussa *hooguhna	*hooguissa *hooguihna
elative		*hoogusta	*hooguista
illative		*hookuhën	*hookuihën
adessive		*hoogulla	*hooguilla
ablative		*hoogulta	*hooguilta
allative		*hookulën *hookulëk	*hookuilën *hookuilëk
essive		*hookuna	*hookuina
translative		*hooguksi	*hooguiksi
instructive		*hoogun	*hooguin
comitative		*hookunëk	*hookuinëk
abessive		*hoogutta	*hooguitta

Descendants

• Estonian: hoog
• Finnish: huoku
• Ingrian: hooku
• Võro: huug

Further reading

• “hoog”, 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), “huoata”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN