Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hëëno

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

Unknown. Compare *hoono (“bad, poor”); for semantics, *këhna (“slim, thin; bad, poor”).

Adjective

*hëëno

  1. fine, thin
    Synonym: *peeni

Inflection

Inflection of *hëëno
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hëëno *hëënot
accusative *hëënon *hëënot
genitive *hëënon *hëënodën
*hëënoidën
partitive *hëënoda *hëënoida
inessive *hëënossa
*hëënohna 		*hëënoissa
*hëënoihna
elative *hëënosta *hëënoista
illative *hëënohën *hëënoihën
adessive *hëënolla *hëënoilla
ablative *hëënolta *hëënoilta
allative *hëënolën
*hëënolëk 		*hëënoilën
*hëënoilëk
essive *hëënona *hëënoina
translative *hëënoksi *hëënoiksi
instructive *hëënon *hëënoin
comitative *hëënonëk *hëënoinëk
abessive *hëënotta *hëënoitta

Descendants

  • ⇒ Estonian: (dialectal) hõõnukene, hõõnutu
  • Finnish: hieno
  • Ingrian: heeno (or borrowed from Finnish)
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: hieno
  • Ludian: hien
  • Veps: hen

Further reading

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