Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hoono
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown. Compare *hëëno (“fine”); for semantics, *këhna (“slim, thin; bad, poor”).
Adjective
*hoono
Inflection
Inflection of *hoono
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hoono | *hoonot | |
| accusative | *hoonon | *hoonot | |
| genitive | *hoonon | *hoonodën *hoonoidën | |
| partitive | *hoonoda | *hoonoida | |
| inessive | *hoonossa *hoonohna |
*hoonoissa *hoonoihna | |
| elative | *hoonosta | *hoonoista | |
| illative | *hoonohën | *hoonoihën | |
| adessive | *hoonolla | *hoonoilla | |
| ablative | *hoonolta | *hoonoilta | |
| allative | *hoonolën *hoonolëk |
*hoonoilën *hoonoilëk | |
| essive | *hoonona | *hoonoina | |
| translative | *hoonoksi | *hoonoiksi | |
| instructive | *hoonon | *hoonoin | |
| comitative | *hoononëk | *hoonoinëk | |
| abessive | *hoonotta | *hoonoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) hoon (or borrowed from Finnish)
- Finnish: huono
- Ingrian: hoono (or borrowed from Finnish)
- → Votic: hoono
- Karelian:
- Livvi: huono
- Ludian: huon
- Votic: oono (Kattila, Rajo)
Further reading
- “hoon”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “huono”, 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