Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaiho
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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
From Proto-Uralic *kajša-w (“sickness”). [1]
Noun
*kaiho[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *kaiho
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kaiho | *kaihot | |
| accusative | *kaihon | *kaihot | |
| genitive | *kaihon | *kaihodën *kaihoidën | |
| partitive | *kaihoda | *kaihoida | |
| inessive | *kaihossa *kaihohna |
*kaihoissa *kaihoihna | |
| elative | *kaihosta | *kaihoista | |
| illative | *kaihohën | *kaihoihën | |
| adessive | *kaiholla | *kaihoilla | |
| ablative | *kaiholta | *kaihoilta | |
| allative | *kaiholën *kaiholëk |
*kaihoilën *kaihoilëk | |
| essive | *kaihona | *kaihoina | |
| translative | *kaihoksi | *kaihoiksi | |
| instructive | *kaihon | *kaihoin | |
| comitative | *kaihonëk | *kaihoinëk | |
| abessive | *kaihotta | *kaihoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kahju
- Finnish: kaiho
- Ingrian: kaiho
- → Votic: kaiho
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ka’i, ⇒ ka’jtõ (“to harm, damage”)
- → Latvian: kaitēt (“to harm, damage”)
- Võro: kaih
References
Further reading
- “kahju”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012