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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haben
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian šapas (“straw”)).
Noun
*haben
- single (beard) hair
- beard
Inflection
Inflection of *haben
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *haben | *hapenet | |
accusative | *hapenen | *hapenet | |
genitive | *hapenen | *habenden *hapeniden | |
partitive | *habenta | *hapenita | |
inessive | *hapenessa *hapenehna | *hapenissa *hapenihna | |
elative | *hapenesta | *hapenista | |
illative | *hapenesen | *hapenisen | |
adessive | *hapenella | *hapenilla | |
ablative | *hapenelta | *hapenilta | |
allative | *hapenelen *hapenelek | *hapenilen *hapenilek | |
essive | *habenna | *hapenina | |
translative | *hapeneksi | *hapeniksi | |
instructive | *hapenen | *hapenin | |
comitative | *habennek | *hapeninek | |
abessive | *hapenetta | *hapenitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: habe
- Finnish: haven, hapene
- Karelian: haven
- Livonian: a’bbõnz, a’bbõnd
- Livvi: haven
- Ludian: haben
- Veps: habin, haben
- Võro: hapõn'
Further reading
- habe in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “haven”, 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