Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/huu

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 *šuwi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *šuŋe.

Noun

*huu

1. ghost, spirit

Inflection

Inflection of *huu

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*huu	*huut
accusative		*huun	*huut
genitive		*huun	*huudën *huidën
partitive		*huuta	*huita
inessive		*huussa *huuhna	*huissa *huihna
elative		*huusta	*huista
illative		*huusën	*huisën
adessive		*huulla	*huilla
ablative		*huulta	*huilta
allative		*huulën *huulëk	*huilën *huilëk
essive		*huuna	*huina
translative		*huuksi	*huiksi
instructive		*huun	*huin
comitative		*huunëk	*huinëk
abessive		*huutta	*huitta

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) huu, ⇒ huunpurema

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “huu”, 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
• Entry #1013 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.