Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lauha
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Schalin (2019) possibly borrowed from Northwest Proto-Germanic *hlāwaz (whence Old High German lāo, *hlāo), or from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hlāwaz), with a substitution Germanic *VwV → Finnic *VuhV (cf. possibly a similar substitution in *rauha)[1]. Possibly doublet of *leevä.
Adjective
[edit]*lauha[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *lauha
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lauha | *lauhat | |
| accusative | *lauhan | *lauhat | |
| genitive | *lauhan | *lauhadën *lauhëidën | |
| partitive | *lauhada | *lauhëida | |
| inessive | *lauhassa *lauhahna |
*lauhëissa *lauhëihna | |
| elative | *lauhasta | *lauhëista | |
| illative | *lauhahën | *lauhëihën | |
| adessive | *lauhalla | *lauhëilla | |
| ablative | *lauhalta | *lauhëilta | |
| allative | *lauhalën *lauhalëk |
*lauhëilën *lauhëilëk | |
| essive | *lauhana | *lauhëina | |
| translative | *lauhaksi | *lauhëiksi | |
| instructive | *lauhan | *lauhëin | |
| comitative | *lauhanëk | *lauhëinëk | |
| abessive | *lauhatta | *lauhëitta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) lahva, ⇒ lahve
- Finnish: lauha
- Karelian:
- → Southern Sami: laahvoeh
- → Lule Sami: láho
- → Northern Sami: láfu
References
[edit]- ^ Schalin, Johan: 2019 Niukka, nivo, nuiva sekä niuha, lauha ja rauha. In S. Junttila & J Kuokkala (eds.) Petri Kallio rocks : Liber semisaecularis 7.2.2019 p. 173–183. Kallion etymologiseura. [1]
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*lauha”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lauha”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][3] (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