Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/naava

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (*fnawwa-) (whence Swedish fnugg).

Noun

*naava

1. (Northern Finnic) beard moss, beard lichen

Inflection

Inflection of *naava

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*naava	*naavat
accusative		*naavan	*naavat
genitive		*naavan	*naavadën *naavoidën
partitive		*naavada	*naavoida
inessive		*naavassa *naavahna	*naavoissa *naavoihna
elative		*naavasta	*naavoista
illative		*naavahën	*naavoihën
adessive		*naavalla	*naavoilla
ablative		*naavalta	*naavoilta
allative		*naavalën *naavalëk	*naavoilën *naavoilëk
essive		*naavana	*naavoina
translative		*naavaksi	*naavoiksi
instructive		*naavan	*naavoin
comitative		*naavanëk	*naavoinëk
abessive		*naavatta	*naavoitta

Descendants

• Finnish: naava
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: noava
  • South Karelian: nuava
• Livvi: nuavu
• Ludian: nuav

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “naava”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN