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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hiiva
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *čiŋa, whence Erzya чов (čov, “foam”). Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Baltic, compare Lithuanian šývas (“light gray”)).
Inflection
Inflection of *hiiva
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *hiiva | *hiivat | |
accusative | *hiivan | *hiivat | |
genitive | *hiivan | *hiivaden *hiivoiden | |
partitive | *hiivada | *hiivoida | |
inessive | *hiivassa *hiivahna |
*hiivoissa *hiivoihna | |
elative | *hiivasta | *hiivoista | |
illative | *hiivahen | *hiivoihen | |
adessive | *hiivalla | *hiivoilla | |
ablative | *hiivalta | *hiivoilta | |
allative | *hiivalen *hiivalek |
*hiivoilen *hiivoilek | |
essive | *hiivana | *hiivoina | |
translative | *hiivaksi | *hiivoiksi | |
instructive | *hiivan | *hiivoin | |
comitative | *hiivanek | *hiivoinek | |
abessive | *hiivatta | *hiivoitta |
Descendants
Further reading
- hiib in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #1219 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hiiva”, in 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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