Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuha
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *snuzaz (whence Swedish snor (“snot”)) or alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *hnuzô (whence Icelandic hnerri (“sneeze”)).[1]
Noun
[edit]*nuha
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *nuha
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 | *nuha | *nuhat | |
accusative | *nuhan | *nuhat | |
genitive | *nuhan | *nuhadën *nuhëidën | |
partitive | *nuhada | *nuhëida | |
inessive | *nuhassa *nuhahna |
*nuhëissa *nuhëihna | |
elative | *nuhasta | *nuhëista | |
illative | *nuhahën | *nuhëihën | |
adessive | *nuhalla | *nuhëilla | |
ablative | *nuhalta | *nuhëilta | |
allative | *nuhalën *nuhalëk |
*nuhëilën *nuhëilëk | |
essive | *nuhana | *nuhëina | |
translative | *nuhaksi | *nuhëiksi | |
instructive | *nuhan | *nuhëin | |
comitative | *nuhanëk | *nuhëinëk | |
abessive | *nuhatta | *nuhëitta |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
[edit]- “nohu”, 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), “nuha”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (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