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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lohi

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

From earlier *loši, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian lasis, Lithuanian lašiša). Cognate with Proto-Samic *luosë.

Noun

*lohi[1]

  1. salmon

Inflection
Inflection of *lohi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lohi *lohët
accusative *lohën *lohët
genitive *lohën *lohtën
*lohidën
partitive *lohta *lohida
inessive *lohëssa
*lohëhna		 *lohissa
*lohihna
elative *lohësta *lohista
illative *lohëhën *lohihën
adessive *lohëlla *lohilla
ablative *lohëlta *lohilta
allative *lohëlën
*lohëlëk		 *lohilën
*lohilëk
essive *lohëna *lohina
translative *lohëksi *lohiksi
instructive *lohën *lohin
comitative *lohënëk *lohinëk
abessive *lohëtta *lohitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: lõhe, lõhi
  • Finnish: lohi
  • Ingrian: lohi
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: lohi
    • South Karelian: lohi
  • Livvi: lohi
  • Ludian: lohi
  • Veps: lohi
  • Votic: lõhi
  • → Russian: лох (lox, “male Atlantic salmon”)

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

Further reading
  • “lõhi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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