Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/heben

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hiwją.

Noun

*heben[1]

  1. single hair
  2. fluff
  3. flake

Inflection

Inflection of *heben
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *heben *hepenet
accusative *hepenen *hepenet
genitive *hepenen *hebenden
*hepeniden
partitive *hebentä *hepenitä
inessive *hepenessä
*hepenehnä 		*hepenissä
*hepenihnä
elative *hepenestä *hepenistä
illative *hepenesen *hepenisen
adessive *hepenellä *hepenillä
ablative *hepeneltä *hepeniltä
allative *hepenelen
*hepenelek 		*hepenilen
*hepenilek
essive *hebennä *hepeninä
translative *hepeneksi *hepeniksi
instructive *hepenen *hepenin
comitative *hebennek *hepeninek
abessive *hepenettä *hepenittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: ebe
  • Finnish: hepene, (rare) heven
  • Võro: hepem'

References

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

Further reading

  • “ebe”, 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), “hepene”, 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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