Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këhna

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

Unknown.

Adjective

*këhna

1. slim, thin

   Synonym: *laiha

2. bad, poor (of bad quality)

   Synonym: *hoono

Inflection

Inflection of *këhna

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*këhna	*këhnat
accusative		*këhnan	*këhnat
genitive		*këhnan	*këhnadën *këhnoidën
partitive		*këhnada	*këhnoida
inessive		*këhnassa *këhnahna	*këhnoissa *këhnoihna
elative		*këhnasta	*këhnoista
illative		*këhnahën	*këhnoihën
adessive		*këhnalla	*këhnoilla
ablative		*këhnalta	*këhnoilta
allative		*këhnalën *këhnalëk	*këhnoilën *këhnoilëk
essive		*këhnana	*këhnoina
translative		*këhnaksi	*këhnoiksi
instructive		*këhnan	*këhnoin
comitative		*këhnanëk	*këhnoinëk
abessive		*këhnatta	*këhnoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kõhn
• Veps: ⇒ kehnakaz
• Võro: kõhn

From *këhno:

• Finnish: kehno
• Ingrian: kehno
  • → Votic: kehno
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kehno
  • South Karelian: kehno
• Livvi: kehno
• Ludian: kehn

Further reading

• “kõhn”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kehno”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN