Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hëhku

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ëhku

Etymology

According to EES, of sound-symbolic origin.[1]

Noun

*hëhku[2]

  1. breath, exhaled air

Inflection

Inflection of *hëhku
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hëhku *hëhkut
accusative *hëhkun *hëhkut
genitive *hëhkun *hëhkudën
*hëhkuidën
partitive *hëhkuda *hëhkuida
inessive *hëhkussa
*hëhkuhna 		*hëhkuissa
*hëhkuihna
elative *hëhkusta *hëhkuista
illative *hëhkuhën *hëhkuihën
adessive *hëhkulla *hëhkuilla
ablative *hëhkulta *hëhkuilta
allative *hëhkulën
*hëhkulëk 		*hëhkuilën
*hëhkuilëk
essive *hëhkuna *hëhkuina
translative *hëhkuksi *hëhkuiksi
instructive *hëhkun *hëhkuin
comitative *hëhkunëk *hëhkuinëk
abessive *hëhkutta *hëhkuitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: õhk, (dialectal) hõhk
  • Finnish: hehku
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: hehkuo
  • Livonian: ȭ’g
  • Võro: õhk

References

  1. ^ “õhk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*(h)ëhku”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hehkua”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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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