Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuhja
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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
Possibly from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (huhjan)). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
*kuhja
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kuhja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kuhja | *kuhjat | |
| accusative | *kuhjan | *kuhjat | |
| genitive | *kuhjan | *kuhjadën *kuhjëidën | |
| partitive | *kuhjada | *kuhjëida | |
| inessive | *kuhjassa *kuhjahna |
*kuhjëissa *kuhjëihna | |
| elative | *kuhjasta | *kuhjëista | |
| illative | *kuhjahën | *kuhjëihën | |
| adessive | *kuhjalla | *kuhjëilla | |
| ablative | *kuhjalta | *kuhjëilta | |
| allative | *kuhjalën *kuhjalëk |
*kuhjëilën *kuhjëilëk | |
| essive | *kuhjana | *kuhjëina | |
| translative | *kuhjaksi | *kuhjëiksi | |
| instructive | *kuhjan | *kuhjëin | |
| comitative | *kuhjanëk | *kuhjëinëk | |
| abessive | *kuhjatta | *kuhjëitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: kuhi
- Finnish: (dialectal) kuhja, kuhjo
- Ingrian: kuhja
- Livonian: kū’j
- Võro: kuhi
- Votic: kuhjõ
Further reading edit
- “kuhi”, 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), “kuhja”, 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