Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kauha

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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

From earlier *kauša, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kauša (whence Latvian kauss, Lithuanian káušas).

Noun edit

*kauha[1]

  1. ladle, dipper, scoop
    Synonym: *kulppi

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: kahv
  • Finnish: kauha
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kauhu
  • Ludian: kauh
  • Veps: kauh
  • >? Võro: kauh
  • Votic: kavi

Etymology 2 edit

Unknown.

Adjective edit

*kauha[2]

  1. pale
  2. awful, dreadful, terrible

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

From *kauhëda (derived with *-ëda):

References edit

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kauha¹”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kauha²”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading edit

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