Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keühä

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

Likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, embarrassed, loathsome, odious”), despite the difference in meaning.

Adjective

*keühä

1. poor (low-quality)
2. poor (with few possessions)

Synonyms

• (low-quality) *hoono

Antonyms

• *rik'as

Derived terms

• *keühtüdäk

Descendants

• Estonian: kehv
• Finnish: köyhä
• Ingrian: köyhä
  • → Votic: köühe
• Karelian: köyhä
• Livvi: keyhy
• Ludian: köüh
• Veps: köüh
• Votic: tšöühä (Kattila)
• → Southern Sami: giehvie
• → Lule Sami: giehe
• → Northern Sami: geafi
• → Inari Sami: kieyhi

References

• “kehv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN