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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hepoi
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unclear. Commonly suspected to derive from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos in some fashion, but no clear source has been found. Metathesis from earlier *ehpo has been suggested, with a possible parallel in *haapa), which would then be borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ehwaz. LÄGLOS remains skeptical about the possibility.
Has been compared earlier also with Danish hoppe (“adult female horse”), Old Norse hoppa (from Proto-Germanic *huppōną), or with Eastern Mari чома (čoma, “foal”), Komi-Zyrian чань (čanʹ, “foal”), Udmurt чуньы (ćunʹy, “foal”) but since 1950 these have been considered phonetically untenable. The Komi and Udmurt words are possibly rather cognate with *sonni.
Noun
*hepoi
- horse
Inflection
Inflection of *hepoi
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hepoi | *heboit | |
| accusative | *heboin | *heboit | |
| genitive | *heboin | *hepoiden *hepoiden | |
| partitive | *hepoida | *hepoida | |
| inessive | *heboissa | *heboissa | |
| elative | *heboista | *heboista | |
| illative | *hepoihen | *hepoihen | |
| adessive | *heboilla | *heboilla | |
| ablative | *heboilta | *heboilta | |
| allative | *hepoilek | *hepoilek | |
| essive | *hepoina | *hepoina | |
| translative | *heboiksi | *heboiksi | |
| instructive | *heboin | *heboin | |
| comitative | *hepoinek | *hepoinek | |
| abessive | *heboikta | *heboikta | |
Derived terms
- *hepoinen
Descendants
- Estonian: hobu
- Finnish: hepo, heppa, hoppa
- Karelian: hepo, hopo
- Veps: hebo
- Votic: õpo, opo
References
- Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexicon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.