Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaiho

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *kajša-w (sickness). [1]

Noun

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*kaiho[2]

  1. harm, damage, loss
  2. sorrow, grief

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kahju
  • Finnish: kaiho
  • Ingrian: kaiho
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: ka’i, ka’jtõ (to harm, damage)
    • Latvian: kaitēt (to harm, damage)
  • Võro: kaih

References

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  1. ^ Aikio, Ante: Studies in Uralic Etymology II: Finnic Etymologies Linguistica Uralica L 2014 1 [1]
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kaiho”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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