Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuha

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *snuzaz (whence Swedish snor (“snot”)) or alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *hnuzô (whence Icelandic hnerri (“sneeze”)).^[1]

Noun

*nuha

rhinitis, sniffles

Inflection

Inflection of *nuha

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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

Estonian: nohu, (dialectal) nohi, nuhu
Finnish: nuha
Võro: nuho, noho

References

^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

“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

[1] Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

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