Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hutja

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

According to SSA and EES, probably sound-symbolic.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*hutja^[3]

pole (long and slender piece of wood)
stick, whip

Inflection

Inflection of *hutja

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*hutja	*hutjat
accusative	*hutjan	*hutjat
genitive	*hutjan	hutjadën hutjëidën
partitive	*hutjada	*hutjëida
inessive	hutjassa hutjahna	hutjëissa hutjëihna
elative	*hutjasta	*hutjëista
illative	*hutjahën	*hutjëihën
adessive	*hutjalla	*hutjëilla
ablative	*hutjalta	*hutjëilta
allative	hutjalën hutjalëk	hutjëilën hutjëilëk
essive	*hutjana	*hutjëina
translative	*hutjaksi	*hutjëiksi
instructive	*hutjan	*hutjëin
comitative	*hutjanëk	*hutjëinëk
abessive	*hutjatta	*hutjëitta

Descendants

Estonian: hudi
Finnish: (dialectal) hutja, hulja
Ingrian: hutja
Karelian:
- South Karelian: (dialectal) hudja
Livonian: uḑā
Võro: (Mulgi) udi

References

^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hutja”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (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
^ “hudi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*hutja”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

[1] Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hutja”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (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

[2] “hudi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

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

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