Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/köhä

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

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Etymology

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Of onomatopoeic origin. This is one of very few words reconstructed with the short phoneme outside of diphthongs.

Noun

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*köhä

  1. cough

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: köha
  • Finnish: köhä
  • Ingrian: köhä
  • Karelian: köhä
  • Livonian: kie’v
  • Võro: köhä, kühä
  • Votic: tšöhä

Further reading

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  • köhima”, 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), “köhä”, 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