Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lohi

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

From earlier *loši, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian lasis, Lithuanian lašiša). Cognate with Proto-Samic *luosë.

Noun

*lohi

1. salmon

Inflection

Inflection of *lohi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*lohi	*lohët
accusative		*lohën	*lohët
genitive		*lohën	*lohtën *lohidën
partitive		*lohta	*lohida
inessive		*lohëssa *lohëhna	*lohissa *lohihna
elative		*lohësta	*lohista
illative		*lohëhën	*lohihën
adessive		*lohëlla	*lohilla
ablative		*lohëlta	*lohilta
allative		*lohëlën *lohëlëk	*lohilën *lohilëk
essive		*lohëna	*lohina
translative		*lohëksi	*lohiksi
instructive		*lohën	*lohin
comitative		*lohënëk	*lohinëk
abessive		*lohëtta	*lohitta

Descendants

• Estonian: lõhe, lõhi
• Finnish: lohi
• Ingrian: lohi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: lohi
  • South Karelian: lohi
• Livvi: lohi
• Ludian: lohi
• Veps: lohi
• Votic: lõhi
• → Russian: лох (lox, “male Atlantic salmon”)

Further reading

• “lõhi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012