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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hanhi

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

From earlier *šanši, through Proto-Balto-Slavic *źansís from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (compare e.g. Lithuanian žąsis).

Noun

*hanhi

  1. goose

Inflection
Inflection of *hanhi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hanhi *hanhët
accusative *hanhën *hanhët
genitive *hanhën *hanhëdën
*hanhidën
partitive *hanhëda *hanhida
inessive *hanhëssa
*hanhëhna		 *hanhissa
*hanhihna
elative *hanhësta *hanhista
illative *hanhëhën *hanhihën
adessive *hanhëlla *hanhilla
ablative *hanhëlta *hanhilta
allative *hanhëlën
*hanhëlëk		 *hanhilën
*hanhilëk
essive *hanhëna *hanhina
translative *hanhëksi *hanhiksi
instructive *hanhën *hanhin
comitative *hanhënëk *hanhinëk
abessive *hanhëtta *hanhitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: hani
  • Finnish: hanhi
  • Ingrian: hanhi
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: hanhi
  • Ludian: hanh
  • Veps: hanh', (Central) haneh, (Southern) handez
  • Võro: haah'
  • Votic: anõ (from *hanheh)

Further reading
  • “hani”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

References
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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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