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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hihna

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 earlier *ši(k)šna, probably borrowed from a substrate language. Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian siksna, Lithuanian šikšnà) and Erzya кшна (kšna, “strap”), Moksha [script needed] (šna)) are probably separate loans from the same substrate source.[1]

Noun

*hihna

  1. leather belt, strap

Inflection
Inflection of *hihna
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hihna *hihnat
accusative *hihnan *hihnat
genitive *hihnan *hihnadën
*hihnoidën
partitive *hihnada *hihnoida
inessive *hihnassa
*hihnahna		 *hihnoissa
*hihnoihna
elative *hihnasta *hihnoista
illative *hihnahën *hihnoihën
adessive *hihnalla *hihnoilla
ablative *hihnalta *hihnoilta
allative *hihnalën
*hihnalëk		 *hihnoilën
*hihnoilëk
essive *hihnana *hihnoina
translative *hihnaksi *hihnoiksi
instructive *hihnan *hihnoin
comitative *hihnanëk *hihnoinëk
abessive *hihnatta *hihnoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) hihn, ihn
  • Finnish: hihna
  • Karelian: hiihna
  • Livonian: nī’ņ
  • Livvi: hiihnu
  • Ludian: hiihn
  • Veps: hihn
  • Votic: (Rudja) ihna
  • →? Proto-Samic: *sësnē

References
  1. Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “hihna”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29
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