Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kahja
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editPossibly from earlier *kašja and borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz (compare Proto-West Germanic *kāsī).
Noun
edit*kahja[1]
Inflection
editInflection of *kahja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kahja | *kahjat | |
accusative | *kahjan | *kahjat | |
genitive | *kahjan | *kahjadën *kahjoidën | |
partitive | *kahjada | *kahjoida | |
inessive | *kahjassa *kahjahna |
*kahjoissa *kahjoihna | |
elative | *kahjasta | *kahjoista | |
illative | *kahjahën | *kahjoihën | |
adessive | *kahjalla | *kahjoilla | |
ablative | *kahjalta | *kahjoilta | |
allative | *kahjalën *kahjalëk |
*kahjoilën *kahjoilëk | |
essive | *kahjana | *kahjoina | |
translative | *kahjaksi | *kahjoiksi | |
instructive | *kahjan | *kahjoin | |
comitative | *kahjanëk | *kahjoinëk | |
abessive | *kahjatta | *kahjoitta |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: kahi (“libation”)
- Finnish: (obsolete) kahja (“beer ?”)
- ⇒ Finnish: (dialectal) kahjassa (“drunk, intoxicated”)
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kahja (“bad alcohol”)
- Võro: kahi (“sweet wedding drink made from milk and beer, libation”)
References
editFurther reading
edit- “kahi”, 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), “kahja”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN