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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/habën

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-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian šapas (straw)).

Noun

*habën

  1. single (beard) hair
  2. beard

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: habe
  • Finnish: haven, hapene
  • Karelian: haven
  • Livonian: a’bbõnz, a’bbõnd
  • Livvi: haven
  • Ludian: haben
  • Veps: habin, haben
  • Võro: hapõn'

Further reading

  • habe”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “haven”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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