Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/honka

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.

Formally speaking could be compared to Proto-Mari *šoŋgə (“old”) (implying common *šoŋka), which in turn has been compared with Hungarian agg with the common proto-form reconstructed as *soŋka; however, *šoŋka could appear equally valid, as neither Hungarian nor most Mari dialects distinguish initial *s and *š here. The semantic narrowing makes this comparison uncertain, however. In addition, dialectal Mari evidence seems to support initial *s, which makes this comparison even less likely.[1]

Noun

*honka

  1. (old) pine (tree)
    Near-synonyms: *mäntü, *petägä

Descendants

  • Estonian: hong
  • Finnish: honka
  • Ingrian: honka
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: hongu
  • Ludian: hong
  • Veps: hong
  • Votic:

References

  1. ^ Holopainen, Sampsa (2019), Indo-Iranian borrowings in Uralic: Critical overview of sound substitutions and distribution criterion‎[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN, page 236
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