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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
- (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 | *etanaden *etanoiden | |
| partitive | *etanata | *etanoita | |
| inessive | *etanassa *etanahna | *etanoissa *etanoihna | |
| elative | *etanasta | *etanoista | |
| illative | *etanasen | *etanoisen | |
| adessive | *etanalla | *etanoilla | |
| ablative | *etanalta | *etanoilta | |
| allative | *etanalen *etanalek | *etanoilen *etanoilek | |
| essive | *etanana | *etanoina | |
| translative | *etanaksi | *etanoiksi | |
| instructive | *etanan | *etanoin | |
| comitative | *etananek | *etanoinek | |
| 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), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN