Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/akana

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō.[1]

Noun

*akana[2]

  1. husk, chaff
    Synonym: *ruumën

Inflection

Inflection of *akana
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *akana *akanat
accusative *akanan *akanat
genitive *akanan *akanadën
*akanoidën
partitive *akanata *akanoita
inessive *akanassa
*akanahna 		*akanoissa
*akanoihna
elative *akanasta *akanoista
illative *akanasën *akanoisën
adessive *akanalla *akanoilla
ablative *akanalta *akanoilta
allative *akanalën
*akanalëk 		*akanoilën
*akanoilëk
essive *akanana *akanoina
translative *akanaksi *akanoiksi
instructive *akanan *akanoin
comitative *akananëk *akanoinëk
abessive *akanatta *akanoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: agan
  • Finnish: akana
  • Ingrian: akana
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: agān, agānõz
  • Livvi: agan
  • Ludian: agan
  • Veps: agan
  • Võro: akan'
  • Votic: akanõ

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “akana”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*akana”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “agan”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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