Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pahna

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 *pašna, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *faznō (“snow, ? chaff, straw”) (whence Icelandic fönn), or alternatively, possibly from a substrate.[1]

Noun

*pahna[2]

  1. chopped straw, chaff, litter (bedding for animals)
    Synonyms: *pëhku, (Northern Finnic) *pëhu, *pëlu
  2. pigsty

Inflection

Inflection of *pahna
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *pahna *pahnat
accusative *pahnan *pahnat
genitive *pahnan *pahnadën
*pahnoidën
partitive *pahnada *pahnoida
inessive *pahnassa
*pahnahna 		*pahnoissa
*pahnoihna
elative *pahnasta *pahnoista
illative *pahnahën *pahnoihën
adessive *pahnalla *pahnoilla
ablative *pahnalta *pahnoilta
allative *pahnalën
*pahnalëk 		*pahnoilën
*pahnoilëk
essive *pahnana *pahnoina
translative *pahnaksi *pahnoiksi
instructive *pahnan *pahnoin
comitative *pahnanëk *pahnoinëk
abessive *pahnatta *pahnoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: pahn
  • Finnish: pahna
  • Ingrian: pahna
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: pahnu
  • Ludian: pahn
  • Veps: pahn
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) pahnõ

From *pahta(s) (< *pašta):

References

  1. ^ Metsäranta, Niklas (2025) Substrate in Finno-Permic languages [1]
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*pahna”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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