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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hiici
 | 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
Probably related to Proto-Samic *sijtë, from a common Pre-Finno-Samic *šijte. According to UEW, possibly from Proto-Uralic *šijte ~ *šijta, in which case related to Selkup [script needed] (tiitɜ).[1] Alternatively, the word may be borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hīþaz or Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.[2][3] Furthermore, Aikio has implied that the Samic word is potentially of substrate origin.[4]
Noun
*hiici
- burial ground
- sacred place
Inflection
Inflection of *hiici
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hiici | *hiidet | |
| accusative | *hiiden | *hiidet | |
| genitive | *hiiden | *hiit'en *hiiciden | |
| partitive | *hiittä | *hiicidä | |
| inessive | *hiidessä *hiidehnä | *hiicissä *hiicihnä | |
| elative | *hiidestä | *hiicistä | |
| illative | *hiitehen | *hiicihen | |
| adessive | *hiidellä | *hiicillä | |
| ablative | *hiideltä | *hiiciltä | |
| allative | *hiitelen *hiitelek | *hiicilen *hiicilek | |
| essive | *hiinnä | *hiicinä | |
| translative | *hiideksi | *hiiciksi | |
| instructive | *hiiden | *hiicin | |
| comitative | *hiinnek | *hiicinek | |
| abessive | *hiidettä | *hiicittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: hiis
- Finnish: hiisi
- → Lule Sami: hijtta
- → Northern Sami: hiida
- Karelian: hiisi (Northern), hiizi (Southern)
- Livvi: hiiži
- Võro: hiis'
- Votic: iis-, idjee- (in placenames)
Further reading
- hiis in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
References
- Entry #1004 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
- Aikio, Ante (2012), “An essay on Saami ethnolinguistic prehistory”, in Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne, volume 266, Finno-Ugric Society, page 91