Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/köhä
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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
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin. This is one of very few words reconstructed with the short phoneme *ö outside of diphthongs.
Noun
*köhä[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *köhä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *köhä | *köhät | |
| accusative | *köhän | *köhät | |
| genitive | *köhän | *köhäden *köheiden | |
| partitive | *köhädä | *köheidä | |
| inessive | *köhässä *köhähnä |
*köheissä *köheihnä | |
| elative | *köhästä | *köheistä | |
| illative | *köhähen | *köheihen | |
| adessive | *köhällä | *köheillä | |
| ablative | *köhältä | *köheiltä | |
| allative | *köhälen *köhälek |
*köheilen *köheilek | |
| essive | *köhänä | *köheinä | |
| translative | *köhäksi | *köheiksi | |
| instructive | *köhän | *köhein | |
| comitative | *köhänek | *köheinek | |
| abessive | *köhättä | *köheittä | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: köha
- Finnish: köhä
- Ingrian: köhä
- Karelian: köhä
- Livonian: kie’v
- Võro: köhä, kühä
- Votic: tšöhä
References
Further reading
- “köhima”, in 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), “köhä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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