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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keühä

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

Likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, embarrassed, loathsome, odious”), despite the difference in meaning.

Adjective

*keühä[1]

  1. poor (low-quality)
    Synonyms: *hoono, *këhna
  2. poor (with few or no possessions)
    Antonym: *rik'as

Inflection
Inflection of *keühä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *keühä *keühät
accusative *keühän *keühät
genitive *keühän *keühäden
*keüheiden
partitive *keühädä *keüheidä
inessive *keühässä
*keühähnä		 *keüheissä
*keüheihnä
elative *keühästä *keüheistä
illative *keühähen *keüheihen
adessive *keühällä *keüheillä
ablative *keühältä *keüheiltä
allative *keühälen
*keühälek		 *keüheilen
*keüheilek
essive *keühänä *keüheinä
translative *keühäksi *keüheiksi
instructive *keühän *keühein
comitative *keühänek *keüheinek
abessive *keühättä *keüheittä

Derived terms
  • *keühtüdäk

Descendants
  • Estonian: kehv
  • Finnish: köyhä
  • Ingrian: köyhä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: keyhy
  • Ludian: köüh
  • Veps: köuh
  • Võro: kehv
  • Votic: (Kattila) tšöühä
  • → Southern Sami: giehvie
  • → Lule Sami: giehe
  • → Northern Sami: geafi
  • → Inari Sami: kieyhi

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*keühä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “kehv”, 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), 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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