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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hiiva

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *čiŋa, whence Erzya чов (čov, “foam”). Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Baltic, compare Lithuanian šývas (“light gray”)).

Noun

*hiiva

  1. yeast
  2. foam (of beer)
  3. dregs

Inflection
Inflection of *hiiva
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hiiva *hiivat
accusative *hiivan *hiivat
genitive *hiivan *hiivadën
*hiivoidën
partitive *hiivada *hiivoida
inessive *hiivassa
*hiivahna		 *hiivoissa
*hiivoihna
elative *hiivasta *hiivoista
illative *hiivahën *hiivoihën
adessive *hiivalla *hiivoilla
ablative *hiivalta *hiivoilta
allative *hiivalën
*hiivalëk		 *hiivoilën
*hiivoilëk
essive *hiivana *hiivoina
translative *hiivaksi *hiivoiksi
instructive *hiivan *hiivoin
comitative *hiivanëk *hiivoinëk
abessive *hiivatta *hiivoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: hiib
  • Finnish: hiiva
  • Ingrian: hiiva
  • Võro: hiiv
  • Votic: iivõ

Further reading
  • “hiib”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1219 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hiiva”, 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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