Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/etana
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“overeater, glutton”).
Noun
[edit]*etana
- (Northern Finnic) slug, snail (Gastropoda)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *etana
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *etana | *etanat | |
| accusative | *etanan | *etanat | |
| genitive | *etanan | *etanadën *etanoidën | |
| partitive | *etanata | *etanoita | |
| inessive | *etanassa *etanahna |
*etanoissa *etanoihna | |
| elative | *etanasta | *etanoista | |
| illative | *etanasën | *etanoisën | |
| adessive | *etanalla | *etanoilla | |
| ablative | *etanalta | *etanoilta | |
| allative | *etanalën *etanalëk |
*etanoilën *etanoilëk | |
| essive | *etanana | *etanoina | |
| translative | *etanaksi | *etanoiksi | |
| instructive | *etanan | *etanoin | |
| comitative | *etananëk | *etanoinëk | |
| abessive | *etanatta | *etanoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]From *etana:
From *etona:
From *etenoi: