Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hoonëh

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. Has been compared with Baltic words: compare Lithuanian šoninė (“annex, side chamber, flank”), from šonas (“side”). Has also been compared also with Permic words meaning 'warm': Proto-Permic *šɔnit.^[1] Both comparisons, the Baltic^[2] and the Uralic,^[3] are both semantically and phonetically unlikely. Seems to contain the suffix +‎ *-ëh.

Noun

*hoonëh^[4]

Inflection

Inflection of *hoonëh

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*hoonëh	*hoonëhët
accusative	*hoonëhën	*hoonëhët
genitive	*hoonëhën	hoonëhtën hoonëhidën
partitive	*hoonëhta	*hoonëhita
inessive	hoonëhëssa hoonëhëhna	hoonëhissa hoonëhihna
elative	*hoonëhësta	*hoonëhista
illative	*hoonëhësën	*hoonëhisën
adessive	*hoonëhëlla	*hoonëhilla
ablative	*hoonëhëlta	*hoonëhilta
allative	hoonëhëlën hoonëhëlëk	hoonëhilën hoonëhilëk
essive	*hoonëhëna	*hoonëhina
translative	*hoonëhëksi	*hoonëhiksi
instructive	*hoonëhën	*hoonëhin
comitative	*hoonëhënëk	*hoonëhinëk
abessive	*hoonëhëtta	*hoonëhitta

Descendants

Estonian: hoone
Finnish: huone
Ingrian: hoone
Karelian: huoneh
Livonian: uone (Vidzeme)
Võro: hoonõh, hoonõq
Votic: oonõ

References

^ Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “huone”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29
^ Joki, Aulis J. (1973) Uralier und Indogermanen [Uralians and Indo-Europeans] (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia; 151) (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*hoonëh”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

[1] Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

[2] Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “huone”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29

[3] Joki, Aulis J. (1973) Uralier und Indogermanen [Uralians and Indo-Europeans] (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia; 151) (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN

[4] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*hoonëh”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

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