Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hauta
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *šauta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sauþa-.[1]
Noun
*hauta[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *hauta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hauta | *haudat | |
| accusative | *haudan | *haudat | |
| genitive | *haudan | *hautadën *hautëidën | |
| partitive | *hautada | *hautëida | |
| inessive | *haudassa *haudahna |
*haudëissa *haudëihna | |
| elative | *haudasta | *haudëista | |
| illative | *hautahën | *hautëihën | |
| adessive | *haudalla | *haudëilla | |
| ablative | *haudalta | *haudëilta | |
| allative | *hautalën *hautalëk |
*hautëilën *hautëilëk | |
| essive | *hautana | *hautëina | |
| translative | *haudaksi | *haudëiksi | |
| instructive | *haudan | *haudëin | |
| comitative | *hautanëk | *hautëinëk | |
| abessive | *haudatta | *haudëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: haud
- Finnish: hauta
- Ingrian: hauta
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ōda
- Livvi: haudu
- Ludian: haud
- Veps: haud
- Võro: haud
- Votic: autõ
- → Proto-Samic: *(h)āvtē
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “hauta”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*hauta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “haud”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012