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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hüvä

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 related to Northern Sami savvit (to heal), from common *šiwä, *šüwä. Has been proposed by Koivulehto (2009) to be an Indo-Iranian loan (compare Sanskrit शिव (śiva, auspicious, favorable)),[1] but Holopainen (2019) rejects this etymology.[2] Further often compared to Erzya чив (čiv, good), but according to Holopainen (2019), this must derive from earlier *čewä, which proves an obstacle (but compare *jüvä < earlier *jewä).

Adjective

*hüvä

  1. good

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: hea, hüva, (dialectal) hää
  • Finnish: hyvä
  • Ingrian: hyvä
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian:
    • Courland Livonian: juva, jõvā
    • Vidzeme Livonian: jua
  • Ludian: hüvä
  • Veps: hüvä
  • Võro: hüvä, hüä, hää
  • Votic: üvä

References

  1. Koivulehto, Jorma. 2009. "Etymologisesti hämäriä -(is)tA-johdosverbejä, lainoja ja omapohjaisia". In: Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 92.
  2. Holopainen, Sampsa. 2019. Indo-Iranian borrowings in Uralic : Critical overview of sound substitutions and distribution criterion. . pp. 138–139.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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