Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këhna

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

Unknown.

Adjective

*këhna[1]

  1. slim, thin
    Synonym: *laiha
  2. bad, poor (of bad quality)
    Synonym: *hoono

Inflection

Inflection of *këhna
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *këhna *këhnat
accusative *këhnan *këhnat
genitive *këhnan *këhnadën
*këhnoidën
partitive *këhnada *këhnoida
inessive *këhnassa
*këhnahna 		*këhnoissa
*këhnoihna
elative *këhnasta *këhnoista
illative *këhnahën *këhnoihën
adessive *këhnalla *këhnoilla
ablative *këhnalta *këhnoilta
allative *këhnalën
*këhnalëk 		*këhnoilën
*këhnoilëk
essive *këhnana *këhnoina
translative *këhnaksi *këhnoiksi
instructive *këhnan *këhnoin
comitative *këhnanëk *këhnoinëk
abessive *këhnatta *këhnoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: kõhn
  • Veps: ⇒ kehnakaz
  • Võro: kõhn

From *këhno:

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*këhna”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “kõhn”, 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), “kehno”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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
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