Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laiha
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *lajša, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *laisa- (whence Latvian liess, Lithuanian liesas).
Adjective
[edit]*laiha[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *laiha
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 | *laiha | *laihat | |
accusative | *laihan | *laihat | |
genitive | *laihan | *laihadën *laihoidën | |
partitive | *laihada | *laihoida | |
inessive | *laihassa *laihahna |
*laihoissa *laihoihna | |
elative | *laihasta | *laihoista | |
illative | *laihahën | *laihoihën | |
adessive | *laihalla | *laihoilla | |
ablative | *laihalta | *laihoilta | |
allative | *laihalën *laihalëk |
*laihoilën *laihoilëk | |
essive | *laihana | *laihoina | |
translative | *laihaksi | *laihoiksi | |
instructive | *laihan | *laihoin | |
comitative | *laihanëk | *laihoinëk | |
abessive | *laihatta | *laihoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: lahja
- Finnish: laiha
- Ingrian: laiha
- Karelian:
- Livonian: lajā
- Livvi: laihu
- Ludian: laih
- Veps: laih
- Võro: laih
- Votic: laihõ, laha
- → Proto-Samic: *lāššē (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lahja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012