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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hihna
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *ši(k)šna, probably borrowed from a substrate language. Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian siksna, Lithuanian šikšnà) and Erzya кшна (kšna, “strap”), Moksha [script needed] (šna)) are probably separate loans from the same substrate source. [1]
Noun
*hihna
- leather belt, strap
Inflection
Inflection of *hihna
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hihna | *hihnat | |
| accusative | *hihnan | *hihnat | |
| genitive | *hihnan | *hihnaden *hihnoiden | |
| partitive | *hihnada | *hihnoida | |
| inessive | *hihnassa | *hihnoissa | |
| elative | *hihnasta | *hihnoista | |
| illative | *hihnahen | *hihnoihen | |
| adessive | *hihnalla | *hihnoilla | |
| ablative | *hihnalta | *hihnoilta | |
| allative | *hihnalen | *hihnoilen | |
| essive | *hihnana | *hihnoina | |
| translative | *hihnaksi | *hihnoiksi | |
| instructive | *hihnan | *hihnoin | |
| comitative | *hihnanek | *hihnoinek | |
| abessive | *hihnakta | *hihnoikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) hihn, ihn
- Finnish: hihna
- Karelian: hiihna
- Livonian: nī’ņ
- Livvi: hiihnu
- Ludian: hiihn
- Veps: hihn
- Votic: ihna
- →? Proto-Samic: *sësnē
References
- Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “hihna”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish)