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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hukta
 | 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
From Proto-Finno-Permic *šukta (whence Erzya чувто (čuvto, “tree”)), probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Persian سوختن (sôxtan, “to burn”)).
Noun
*hukta
- swidden (area cleared and burnt for cultivation)
Inflection
Inflection of *hukta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hukta | *huktat | |
| accusative | *huktan | *huktat | |
| genitive | *huktan | *huktaden *hukteiden | |
| partitive | *huktada | *hukteida | |
| inessive | *huktassa *huktahna | *hukteissa *hukteihna | |
| elative | *huktasta | *hukteista | |
| illative | *huktahen | *hukteihen | |
| adessive | *huktalla | *hukteilla | |
| ablative | *huktalta | *hukteilta | |
| allative | *huktalen *huktalek | *hukteilen *hukteilek | |
| essive | *huktana | *hukteina | |
| translative | *huktaksi | *hukteiksi | |
| instructive | *huktan | *huktein | |
| comitative | *huktanek | *hukteinek | |
| abessive | *huktatta | *hukteitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: uht (dialectal)
- Finnish: huhta
- Karelian: huuhta
- Livvi: huuhtu
- Ludian: huuht
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “huhta”, 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
- Entry #1623 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.