Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hosja

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

Noun

*hosja

  1. horsetail (Equisetum)

Inflection

Inflection of *hosja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hosja *hosjat
accusative *hosjan *hosjat
genitive *hosjan *hosjadën
*hosjëidën
partitive *hosjada *hosjëida
inessive *hosjassa
*hosjahna 		*hosjëissa
*hosjëihna
elative *hosjasta *hosjëista
illative *hosjahën *hosjëihën
adessive *hosjalla *hosjëilla
ablative *hosjalta *hosjëilta
allative *hosjalën
*hosjalëk 		*hosjëilën
*hosjëilëk
essive *hosjana *hosjëina
translative *hosjaksi *hosjëiksi
instructive *hosjan *hosjëin
comitative *hosjanëk *hosjëinëk
abessive *hosjatta *hosjëitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: osi
  • Finnish: (dialectal) hosia, huosia
  • Karelian: huosja
  • Livonian: vȯžā
  • Livvi: huodžu
  • Ludian: huodž
  • Veps: hozj
  • Võro: osi
  • Votic: õzʹzʹõ
  • → Proto-Samic: *(h)oaššē

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hosia”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
  • “osi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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