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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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*naava

  1. (Northern Finnic) beard moss, beard lichen

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: naava
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: nuavu
  • Ludian: nuav

Further reading

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  • 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