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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ettana

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 *etaną (“to eat”).

Noun

*ettana (Northern Finnic)

  1. rest or nap taken after a meal

Inflection
Inflection of *ettana
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ettana *ettanat
accusative *ettanan *ettanat
genitive *ettanan *ettanadën
*ettanoidën
partitive *ettanata *ettanoita
inessive *ettanassa
*ettanahna		 *ettanoissa
*ettanoihna
elative *ettanasta *ettanoista
illative *ettanasën *ettanoisën
adessive *ettanalla *ettanoilla
ablative *ettanalta *ettanoilta
allative *ettanalën
*ettanalëk		 *ettanoilën
*ettanoilëk
essive *ettanana *ettanoina
translative *ettanaksi *ettanoiksi
instructive *ettanan *ettanoin
comitative *ettananëk *ettanoinëk
abessive *ettanatta *ettanoitta

Descendants

From *ettana:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) ettana

From *ettaneh (with *-ëh):

  • Finnish: (dialectal) ettane
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: ettaneh, ettäneh

From *ettoneh (with *-ëh):

  • Finnish: (dialectal) ettone
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ettoneh
    • South Karelian: ettoneh

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