Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vihneh

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.

Noun

*vihneh

1. (Northern Finnic) awn

   Synonym: *ciika

Inflection

Inflection of *vihneh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vihneh	*vihnehet
accusative		*vihnehen	*vihnehet
genitive		*vihnehen	*vihnehten *vihnehiden
partitive		*vihnehtä	*vihnehitä
inessive		*vihnehessä *vihnehehnä	*vihnehissä *vihnehihnä
elative		*vihnehestä	*vihnehistä
illative		*vihnehesen	*vihnehisen
adessive		*vihnehellä	*vihnehillä
ablative		*vihneheltä	*vihnehiltä
allative		*vihnehelen *vihnehelek	*vihnehilen *vihnehilek
essive		*vihnehenä	*vihnehinä
translative		*vihneheksi	*vihnehiksi
instructive		*vihnehen	*vihnehin
comitative		*vihnehenek	*vihnehinek
abessive		*vihnehettä	*vihnehittä

Descendants

• Finnish: vihne
• Ingrian: vihne
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: vihneh
  • South Karelian: vihneh
• Livvi: vihneh

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vihne”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN