Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/voohinën
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From unknown root, with the suffix + *-inën.
Noun
*voohinën
- pastern (area on a horse's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof)
Inflection
Inflection of *voohinën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *voohinën | *voohicët | |
| accusative | *voohicën | *voohicët | |
| genitive | *voohicën | *voohictën *voohicidën | |
| partitive | *voohicta | *voohicita | |
| inessive | *voohicëssa *voohicëhna |
*voohicissa *voohicihna | |
| elative | *voohicësta | *voohicista | |
| illative | *voohicësën | *voohicisën | |
| adessive | *voohicëlla | *voohicilla | |
| ablative | *voohicëlta | *voohicilta | |
| allative | *voohicëlën *voohicëlëk |
*voohicilën *voohicilëk | |
| essive | *voohinna | *voohicina | |
| translative | *voohicëksi | *voohiciksi | |
| instructive | *voohicën | *voohicin | |
| comitative | *voohinnëk | *voohicinëk | |
| abessive | *voohicëtta | *voohicitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: vuohinen
- → Northern Sami: vuohes
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: vuohini
- South Karelian: vuohine
- Livvi: vuohine
- Ludian: vuohine
- Votic: vohimõ (Jõgõperä, Mati)
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vuohinen”, 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