Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/heühen

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. Cognate with Proto-Samic *sëvsëm (hair).

Noun

*heühen[1]

  1. feather

Inflection

Descendants

  • ? Estonian: ehmes
  • Finnish: höyhen
  • Ingrian: höühen
  • Karelian: heyhen, höyhen
  • Livvi: höyhen
  • Ludian: höuhen, heuhen
  • Veps: höuneh, hüuneh, heunez
  • Votic: (Kõrvõttula) eve

References

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