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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-hinën

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

From *-h- +‎ *-inën. The initial component is the 'weak grade' of *-s- (rather, developed via a regular sound change, not via consonant gradation) that is also found in the inessive (*-ssa) and illative (*-hen) endings, which in this affix has a locative sense.

Suffix

*-hinën / *-hinen

  1. Forms nouns or adjectives, mainly from nominal stems.

Inflection
Inflection of *-hinën
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *-hinën *-hicet
accusative *-hicen *-hicet
genitive *-hicen *-hictën
*-hicidën
partitive *-hicta *-hicida
inessive *-hicessa
*-hicehna		 *-hicissa
*-hicihna
elative *-hicesta *-hicista
illative *-hicehën *-hicihën
adessive *-hicella *-hicilla
ablative *-hicelta *-hicilta
allative *-hicelën
*-hicelëk		 *-hicilën
*-hicilëk
essive *-hinna *-hicina
translative *-hiceksi *-hiciksi
instructive *-hicen *-hicin
comitative *-hinnëk *-hicinëk
abessive *-hicetta *-hicitta

Derived terms
Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-hinën

Descendants
  • Finnish: -(h)inen (partially merged and confused with -inen < *-inën)
  • Ingrian: -hiin
  • Karelian: -hine
  • Livvi: -hine
  • Ludian: -hine
  • Veps: -hine
  • Votic: -in
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