Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lohi
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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]
From earlier *loši, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian lasis, Lithuanian lašiša). Cognate with Proto-Samic *luosë.
Noun[edit]
*lohi[1]
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *lohi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lohi | *lohët | |
| accusative | *lohën | *lohët | |
| genitive | *lohën | *lohtën *lohidën | |
| partitive | *lohta | *lohida | |
| inessive | *lohëssa *lohëhna |
*lohissa *lohihna | |
| elative | *lohësta | *lohista | |
| illative | *lohëhën | *lohihën | |
| adessive | *lohëlla | *lohilla | |
| ablative | *lohëlta | *lohilta | |
| allative | *lohëlën *lohëlëk |
*lohilën *lohilëk | |
| essive | *lohëna | *lohina | |
| translative | *lohëksi | *lohiksi | |
| instructive | *lohën | *lohin | |
| comitative | *lohënëk | *lohinëk | |
| abessive | *lohëtta | *lohitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: lõhe, lõhi
- Finnish: lohi
- Ingrian: lohi
- Karelian:
- Livvi: lohi
- Ludian: lohi
- Veps: lohi
- Votic: lõhi
- → Russian: лох (lox, “male Atlantic salmon”)
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “lõhi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012