Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hëëta

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

From earlier *šeeta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sēda-, *sēdiz.

Noun

*hëëta

1. (fine) sand

   Synonym: *liiva

Inflection

Inflection of *hëëta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hëëta	*hëëdat
accusative		*hëëdan	*hëëdat
genitive		*hëëdan	*hëëtadën *hëëtoidën
partitive		*hëëtada	*hëëtoida
inessive		*hëëdassa *hëëdahna	*hëëdoissa *hëëdoihna
elative		*hëëdasta	*hëëdoista
illative		*hëëtahën	*hëëtoihën
adessive		*hëëdalla	*hëëdoilla
ablative		*hëëdalta	*hëëdoilta
allative		*hëëtalën *hëëtalëk	*hëëtoilën *hëëtoilëk
essive		*hëëtana	*hëëtoina
translative		*hëëdaksi	*hëëdoiksi
instructive		*hëëdan	*hëëdoin
comitative		*hëëtanëk	*hëëtoinëk
abessive		*hëëdatta	*hëëdoitta

Descendants

• Finnish: hieta
• Ingrian: heeta
• Karelian: hieta

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hieta”, 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