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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keühä

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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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Likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (shy, embarrassed, loathsome, odious), despite the difference in meaning.

Adjective

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*keühä[1]

  1. poor (low-quality)
    Synonyms: *hoono, *këhna
  2. poor (with few or no possessions)
    Antonym: *rik'as

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*keühä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • kehv”, 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), 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