Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/naava

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (*fnawwa-) (whence Swedish fnugg).

Noun

*naava

  1. (Northern Finnic) beard moss, beard lichen

Inflection

Inflection of *naava
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *naava *naavat
accusative *naavan *naavat
genitive *naavan *naavadën
*naavoidën
partitive *naavada *naavoida
inessive *naavassa
*naavahna 		*naavoissa
*naavoihna
elative *naavasta *naavoista
illative *naavahën *naavoihën
adessive *naavalla *naavoilla
ablative *naavalta *naavoilta
allative *naavalën
*naavalëk 		*naavoilën
*naavoilëk
essive *naavana *naavoina
translative *naavaksi *naavoiksi
instructive *naavan *naavoin
comitative *naavanëk *naavoinëk
abessive *naavatta *naavoitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: naava
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: nuavu
  • Ludian: nuav

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “naava”, 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
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