Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laiha
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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
From earlier *lajša, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *laisa- (whence Latvian liess, Lithuanian liesas).
Adjective edit
*laiha
Inflection edit
Inflection of *laiha
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *laiha | *laihat | |
| accusative | *laihan | *laihat | |
| genitive | *laihan | *laihadën *laihoidën | |
| partitive | *laihada | *laihoida | |
| inessive | *laihassa *laihahna |
*laihoissa *laihoihna | |
| elative | *laihasta | *laihoista | |
| illative | *laihahën | *laihoihën | |
| adessive | *laihalla | *laihoilla | |
| ablative | *laihalta | *laihoilta | |
| allative | *laihalën *laihalëk |
*laihoilën *laihoilëk | |
| essive | *laihana | *laihoina | |
| translative | *laihaksi | *laihoiksi | |
| instructive | *laihan | *laihoin | |
| comitative | *laihanëk | *laihoinëk | |
| abessive | *laihatta | *laihoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: lahja
- Finnish: laiha
- Ingrian: laiha
- Karelian:
- Livonian: lajā
- Livvi: laihu
- Ludian: laih
- Veps: laih
- Võro: laih
- Votic: laihõ, laha
- → Proto-Samic: *lāššē (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
- “lahja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012