Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/häkä

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

Unknown. Possibly related to Northern Sami ciehki (“thick air”).

Noun

*häkä

  1. fume, smoke
    Synonym: *vinka
  2. fog, mist
    Synonyms: *sumu, *utu

Inflection

Inflection of *häkä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *häkä *hägät
accusative *hägän *hägät
genitive *hägän *häkäden
*häkeiden
partitive *häkädä *häkeidä
inessive *hägässä
*hägähnä 		*hägeissä
*hägeihnä
elative *hägästä *hägeistä
illative *häkähen *häkeihen
adessive *hägällä *hägeillä
ablative *hägältä *hägeiltä
allative *häkälen
*häkälek 		*häkeilen
*häkeilek
essive *häkänä *häkeinä
translative *hägäksi *hägeiksi
instructive *hägän *hägein
comitative *häkänek *häkeinek
abessive *hägättä *hägeittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: ⇒ hägu, (dialectal) häga
  • Finnish: häkä
    • → Inari Sami: hȧkȧ
    • → Northern Sami: heahki
    • → Votic: häkä
  • Ingrian: häkä

Further reading

  • “hägu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “häkä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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