Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuhja

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

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

*kuhja

1. haystack

   Synonym: *sapra, *soova

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• *kuhilas?

Descendants

• Estonian: kuhi
• Finnish: (dialectal) kuhja, kuhjo
• Ingrian: kuhja
• Livonian: kū’j
• Võro: kuhi
• Votic: kuhjõ

Further reading

• “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]‎^[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