Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/evä

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

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ewä (whence Hungarian evez (“to row”)).

Noun

*evä (Northern Finnic)

  1. fin (appendage of a fish)

Inflection

Inflection of *evä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *evä *evät
accusative *evän *evät
genitive *evän *eväden
*eveiden
partitive *evädä *eveidä
inessive *evässä
*evähnä 		*eveissä
*eveihnä
elative *evästä *eveistä
illative *evähen *eveihen
adessive *evällä *eveillä
ablative *evältä *eveiltä
allative *evälen
*evälek 		*eveilen
*eveilek
essive *evänä *eveinä
translative *eväksi *eveiksi
instructive *evän *evein
comitative *evänek *eveinek
abessive *evättä *eveittä

Descendants

  • Finnish: evä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: evä
    • South Karelian: evä
  • Livvi: evä
  • Ludian: evä

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “evä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  • Entry #138 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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