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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/etana

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. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“overeater, glutton”).

Noun

*etana

  1. (Northern Finnic) slug, snail (Gastropoda)

Inflection
Inflection of *etana
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *etana *etanat
accusative *etanan *etanat
genitive *etanan *etanadën
*etanoidën
partitive *etanata *etanoita
inessive *etanassa
*etanahna		 *etanoissa
*etanoihna
elative *etanasta *etanoista
illative *etanasën *etanoisën
adessive *etanalla *etanoilla
ablative *etanalta *etanoilta
allative *etanalën
*etanalëk		 *etanoilën
*etanoilëk
essive *etanana *etanoina
translative *etanaksi *etanoiksi
instructive *etanan *etanoin
comitative *etananëk *etanoinëk
abessive *etanatta *etanoitta

Descendants

From *etana:

  • Finnish: etana
  • Karelian: (Southern) edana

From *etona:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) etona
  • Karelian: (Northern) etona, (Southern) edona

From *etenoi:

  • Livvi: edenöi
  • Ludian: eden'oi
  • Veps: edenoi

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “etana”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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