Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hijodak

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

  • *hiodak

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *šija-w-. Related to Proto-Samic *sëjētēk.

Verb

*hijodak (stem *hijo-)

  1. to grind, to hone, to whet

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: ihuma/ihuda
  • Finnish: hioa, (dialectal) hijoa, hivoa
  • Ingrian: hittoa
    • Votic: (Jõgõperä) hitoa
  • Karelian: hivuo
  • Livonian: jõ’vvõ
  • Livvi: hivuo
  • Ludian: hivoda
  • Veps: hijoda
  • Võro: higoma/hikoq
  • Votic: (Pummala) ihoa

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*hio-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • ihuma”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012