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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lauha

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

According to Schalin (2019) possibly borrowed from Northwest Proto-Germanic *hlāwaz (whence Old High German lāo, *hlāo), or from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hlāwaz), with a substitution Germanic *VwV → Finnic *VuhV (cf. possibly a similar substitution in *rauha)[1]. Possibly doublet of *leevä.

Adjective

*lauha[2]

  1. (of weather) mild, temperate

Inflection
Inflection of *lauha
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lauha *lauhat
accusative *lauhan *lauhat
genitive *lauhan *lauhadën
*lauhëidën
partitive *lauhada *lauhëida
inessive *lauhassa
*lauhahna		 *lauhëissa
*lauhëihna
elative *lauhasta *lauhëista
illative *lauhahën *lauhëihën
adessive *lauhalla *lauhëilla
ablative *lauhalta *lauhëilta
allative *lauhalën
*lauhalëk		 *lauhëilën
*lauhëilëk
essive *lauhana *lauhëina
translative *lauhaksi *lauhëiksi
instructive *lauhan *lauhëin
comitative *lauhanëk *lauhëinëk
abessive *lauhatta *lauhëitta

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) lahva, ⇒ lahve
  • Finnish: lauha
  • Karelian:
  • → Southern Sami: laahvoeh
  • → Lule Sami: láho
  • → Northern Sami: láfu

References
  1. Schalin, Johan: 2019 Niukka, nivo, nuiva sekä niuha, lauha ja rauha. In S. Junttila & J Kuokkala (eds.) Petri Kallio rocks : Liber semisaecularis 7.2.2019 p. 173–183. Kallion etymologiseura.
  2. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*lauha”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lauha”, in 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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