Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hauta

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 *šauta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sauþaz.

Noun

*hauta[1]

  1. pit
  2. grave

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: haud
  • Finnish: hauta
  • Ingrian: hauta
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: ōda
  • Livvi: haudu
  • Ludian: haud
  • Veps: haud
  • Võro: haud
  • Votic: autõ
  • Proto-Samic: *(h)āvtē

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*hauta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • haud”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012