Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hiha

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 edit

From earlier *šiša, from Proto-Finno-Permic *iša. Cognate with Proto-Samic *sësē.

Noun edit

*hiha

  1. sleeve

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: iha (dialectal)
  • Finnish: hiha
  • Ingrian: hia
  • Karelian: hiha
  • Votic: iha

Further reading edit

  • Entry #1235 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hiha”, in 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