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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuhja

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

Possibly from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (huhjan)). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*kuhja

  1. haystack
    Synonym: *sapra, *soova

Inflection
Inflection of *kuhja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kuhja *kuhjat
accusative *kuhjan *kuhjat
genitive *kuhjan *kuhjadën
*kuhjëidën
partitive *kuhjada *kuhjëida
inessive *kuhjassa
*kuhjahna		 *kuhjëissa
*kuhjëihna
elative *kuhjasta *kuhjëista
illative *kuhjahën *kuhjëihën
adessive *kuhjalla *kuhjëilla
ablative *kuhjalta *kuhjëilta
allative *kuhjalën
*kuhjalëk		 *kuhjëilën
*kuhjëilëk
essive *kuhjana *kuhjëina
translative *kuhjaksi *kuhjëiksi
instructive *kuhjan *kuhjëin
comitative *kuhjanëk *kuhjëinëk
abessive *kuhjatta *kuhjëitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: kuhi
  • Finnish: (dialectal) kuhja, kuhjo
  • Ingrian: kuhja
  • Livonian: kū’j
  • Võro: kuhi
  • Votic: kuhjõ

Further reading
  • “kuhi”, 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), “kuhja”, 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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