Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/heühen

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. Cognate with Proto-Samic *sëvsëm (“hair”), suggesting earlier *šewšeme ~ *šeŋšəme, possibly from a substrate.[1]

Noun

*heühen[2]

  1. small feather, down

Inflection

Inflection of *heühen
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *heühen *heühenet
accusative *heühenen *heühenet
genitive *heühenen *heühenden
*heüheniden
partitive *heühentä *heühenitä
inessive *heühenessä
*heühenehnä 		*heühenissä
*heühenihnä
elative *heühenestä *heühenistä
illative *heühenesen *heühenisen
adessive *heühenellä *heühenillä
ablative *heüheneltä *heüheniltä
allative *heühenelen
*heühenelek 		*heühenilen
*heühenilek
essive *heühennä *heüheninä
translative *heüheneksi *heüheniksi
instructive *heühenen *heühenin
comitative *heühennek *heüheninek
abessive *heühenettä *heühenittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: ehmes, (dialectal) ehme
  • Finnish: höyhen
  • Ingrian: höyhen
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: höyhen, heyhen
  • Ludian: höuhen, höühen
  • Veps: höuneh, hüuneh, heunez
  • Votic: (Kõrvõttula) eve

References

  1. ^ Metsäranta, Niklas (2025) Substrate in Finno-Permic languages [1]
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*heühen”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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