Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lauha
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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 | ||
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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]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