Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-hinën
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From *-h- + *-inën. The initial component is the 'weak grade' of *-s- (rather, developed via a regular sound change, not via consonant gradation) that is also found in the inessive (*-ssa) and illative (*-hën) endings, which in this affix has a locative sense.
Suffix
*-hinën / *-hinen
- Forms nouns or adjectives, mainly from nominal stems.
Inflection
Inflection of *-hinën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *-hinën | *-hicet | |
| accusative | *-hicen | *-hicet | |
| genitive | *-hicen | *-hictën *-hicidën | |
| partitive | *-hicta | *-hicida | |
| inessive | *-hicessa *-hicehna |
*-hicissa *-hicihna | |
| elative | *-hicesta | *-hicista | |
| illative | *-hicehën | *-hicihën | |
| adessive | *-hicella | *-hicilla | |
| ablative | *-hicelta | *-hicilta | |
| allative | *-hicelën *-hicelëk |
*-hicilën *-hicilëk | |
| essive | *-hinna | *-hicina | |
| translative | *-hiceksi | *-hiciksi | |
| instructive | *-hicen | *-hicin | |
| comitative | *-hinnëk | *-hicinëk | |
| abessive | *-hicetta | *-hicitta | |
Derived terms
Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-hinën