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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haava

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hawwą, compare Icelandic högg (hit, blow) and Swedish hugg (stab wound, stab).

Noun

*haava

  1. wound

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • haav in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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