Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaiho
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *kajša-w (“sickness”). [1]
Noun
[edit]*kaiho[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kaiho
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kaiho | *kaihot | |
accusative | *kaihon | *kaihot | |
genitive | *kaihon | *kaihodën *kaihoidën | |
partitive | *kaihoda | *kaihoida | |
inessive | *kaihossa *kaihohna |
*kaihoissa *kaihoihna | |
elative | *kaihosta | *kaihoista | |
illative | *kaihohën | *kaihoihën | |
adessive | *kaiholla | *kaihoilla | |
ablative | *kaiholta | *kaihoilta | |
allative | *kaiholën *kaiholëk |
*kaihoilën *kaihoilëk | |
essive | *kaihona | *kaihoina | |
translative | *kaihoksi | *kaihoiksi | |
instructive | *kaihon | *kaihoin | |
comitative | *kaihonëk | *kaihoinëk | |
abessive | *kaihotta | *kaihoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: kahju
- Finnish: kaiho
- Ingrian: kaiho
- → Votic: kaiho
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ka’i, ⇒ ka’jtõ (“to harm, damage”)
- → Latvian: kaitēt (“to harm, damage”)
- Võro: kaih
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kahju”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012