Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lauha
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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
According to Schalin (2019) possibly borrowed from Northwest Proto-Germanic *hlāwaz (whence Old High German lāo, *hlāo), or from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hlāwaz), with a substitution Germanic *VwV → Finnic *VuhV (cf. possibly a similar substitution in *rauha)[1]. Possibly doublet of *leevä.
Adjective edit
*lauha[2]
Inflection edit
Inflection of *lauha
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lauha | *lauhat | |
| accusative | *lauhan | *lauhat | |
| genitive | *lauhan | *lauhadën *lauhëidën | |
| partitive | *lauhada | *lauhëida | |
| inessive | *lauhassa *lauhahna |
*lauhëissa *lauhëihna | |
| elative | *lauhasta | *lauhëista | |
| illative | *lauhahën | *lauhëihën | |
| adessive | *lauhalla | *lauhëilla | |
| ablative | *lauhalta | *lauhëilta | |
| allative | *lauhalën *lauhalëk |
*lauhëilën *lauhëilëk | |
| essive | *lauhana | *lauhëina | |
| translative | *lauhaksi | *lauhëiksi | |
| instructive | *lauhan | *lauhëin | |
| comitative | *lauhanëk | *lauhëinëk | |
| abessive | *lauhatta | *lauhëitta | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Estonian: (dialectal) lahva, ⇒ lahve
- Finnish: lauha
- Karelian:
- → Southern Sami: laahvoeh
- → Lule Sami: láho
- → Northern Sami: láfu