Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/inha
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown.
Adjective
*inha[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *inha
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *inha | *inhat | |
| accusative | *inhan | *inhat | |
| genitive | *inhan | *inhadën *inhoidën | |
| partitive | *inhada | *inhoida | |
| inessive | *inhassa *inhahna |
*inhoissa *inhoihna | |
| elative | *inhasta | *inhoista | |
| illative | *inhahën | *inhoihën | |
| adessive | *inhalla | *inhoilla | |
| ablative | *inhalta | *inhoilta | |
| allative | *inhalën *inhalëk |
*inhoilën *inhoilëk | |
| essive | *inhana | *inhoina | |
| translative | *inhaksi | *inhoiksi | |
| instructive | *inhan | *inhoin | |
| comitative | *inhanëk | *inhoinëk | |
| abessive | *inhatta | *inhoitta | |
Descendants
From *inho (+ *-o):
From *inhët'oin (+ *-t'oin):
- Estonian: inetu
- Võro: (Hargla) inõdu, (Sangaste) inõtu
From *inhëda (+ *-ëda):
- Votic: (Mati) inõa
Further reading
- “inetama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “inha”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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