Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hanka

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 *šanka, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian atšanka, atšankė̃). The sense "rowlock" may have been borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hanhuz (whence Old Norse hár (“rowlock, thole”), Norwegian Nynorsk hå (“rowlock, thole”)).

Noun

*hanka

1. fork of a branch
2. purlicue
3. rowlock

Inflection

Inflection of *hanka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hanka	*hangat
accusative		*hangan	*hangat
genitive		*hangan	*hankadën *hankoidën
partitive		*hankada	*hankoida
inessive		*hangassa *hangahna	*hangoissa *hangoihna
elative		*hangasta	*hangoista
illative		*hankahën	*hankoihën
adessive		*hangalla	*hangoilla
ablative		*hangalta	*hangoilta
allative		*hankalën *hankalëk	*hankoilën *hankoilëk
essive		*hankana	*hankoina
translative		*hangaksi	*hangoiksi
instructive		*hangan	*hangoin
comitative		*hankanëk	*hankoinëk
abessive		*hangatta	*hangoitta

Derived terms

• *hanko

Descendants

• Finnish: hanka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: hanka
  • South Karelian: hanga
• Livvi: hangu
• Ludian: hang

From *hangas:

• Estonian: (dialectal) angas

From *hankko:

• Võro: hank

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hanka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN