Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kahja
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from earlier *kašja and borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz (compare Proto-West Germanic *kāsī).
Noun
*kahja[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kahja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kahja | *kahjat | |
| accusative | *kahjan | *kahjat | |
| genitive | *kahjan | *kahjadën *kahjoidën | |
| partitive | *kahjada | *kahjoida | |
| inessive | *kahjassa *kahjahna |
*kahjoissa *kahjoihna | |
| elative | *kahjasta | *kahjoista | |
| illative | *kahjahën | *kahjoihën | |
| adessive | *kahjalla | *kahjoilla | |
| ablative | *kahjalta | *kahjoilta | |
| allative | *kahjalën *kahjalëk |
*kahjoilën *kahjoilëk | |
| essive | *kahjana | *kahjoina | |
| translative | *kahjaksi | *kahjoiksi | |
| instructive | *kahjan | *kahjoin | |
| comitative | *kahjanëk | *kahjoinëk | |
| abessive | *kahjatta | *kahjoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kahi (“libation”)
- Finnish: (obsolete) kahja (“beer ?”)
- ⇒ Finnish: (dialectal) kahjassa (“drunk, intoxicated”)
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kahja (“bad alcohol”)
- Võro: kahi (“sweet wedding drink made from milk and beer, libation”)
References
Further reading
- “kahi”, 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), “kahja”, 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