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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hanhi

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 *šanši, through Proto-Balto-Slavic *źansís from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (compare e.g. Lithuanian žąsis).

Noun

*hanhi

  1. goose

Inflection
Inflection of *hanhi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hanhi *hanhet
accusative *hanhen *hanhet
genitive *hanhen *hanheden
*hanhiden
partitive *hanheda *hanhida
inessive *hanhessa
*hanhehna		 *hanhissa
*hanhihna
elative *hanhesta *hanhista
illative *hanhehen *hanhihen
adessive *hanhella *hanhilla
ablative *hanhelta *hanhilta
allative *hanhelen
*hanhelek		 *hanhilen
*hanhilek
essive *hanhena *hanhina
translative *hanheksi *hanhiksi
instructive *hanhen *hanhin
comitative *hanhenek *hanhinek
abessive *hanhetta *hanhitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: hani
  • Finnish: hanhi
  • Ingrian: hanhi
  • Karelian: hanhi
  • Livvi: hanhi
  • Ludian: hanh
  • Veps: hanh', (Central) haneh, (Southern) handez
  • Võro: haah'
  • Votic: anõ (from *hanheh)

Further reading
  • hani in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

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