Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haava
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚺᚨᚷᚹᚨ (*hagwa)[1] or Proto-Germanic *hawwą, compare Icelandic högg (“hit, blow”) and Swedish hugg (“stab wound, stab”).
Noun
*haava[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *haava
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *haava | *haavat | |
| accusative | *haavan | *haavat | |
| genitive | *haavan | *haavadën *haavoidën | |
| partitive | *haavada | *haavoida | |
| inessive | *haavassa *haavahna |
*haavoissa *haavoihna | |
| elative | *haavasta | *haavoista | |
| illative | *haavahën | *haavoihën | |
| adessive | *haavalla | *haavoilla | |
| ablative | *haavalta | *haavoilta | |
| allative | *haavalën *haavalëk |
*haavoilën *haavoilëk | |
| essive | *haavana | *haavoina | |
| translative | *haavaksi | *haavoiksi | |
| instructive | *haavan | *haavoin | |
| comitative | *haavanëk | *haavoinëk | |
| abessive | *haavatta | *haavoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: haav
- Finnish: haava
- Ingrian: haava
- Karelian: huava
- Livonian: ǭ’v
- Võro: haav
- Votic: (Mati) aavõ
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “haava”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*haava”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “haav”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012