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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/liha

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

Unknown. If from earlier *likša, the word may be connected to Proto-Samic *liškē (“surface, skin”), with an ancestral meaning "skin, meat, flesh" (which need not have been distinguished in the past). Since no further etymology is known, a borrowing from a substrate has been proposed.[1]

Noun

*liha

  1. meat, flesh

Inflection
Inflection of *liha
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *liha *lihat
accusative *lihan *lihat
genitive *lihan *lihadën
*lihoidën
partitive *lihada *lihoida
inessive *lihassa
*lihahna		 *lihoissa
*lihoihna
elative *lihasta *lihoista
illative *lihahën *lihoihën
adessive *lihalla *lihoilla
ablative *lihalta *lihoilta
allative *lihalën
*lihalëk		 *lihoilën
*lihoilëk
essive *lihana *lihoina
translative *lihaksi *lihoiksi
instructive *lihan *lihoin
comitative *lihanëk *lihoinëk
abessive *lihatta *lihoitta

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Estonian: liha
  • Finnish: liha
  • Ingrian: liha
  • Karelian: liha
  • Livonian: leja
  • Livvi: liha
  • Ludian: liha
  • Veps: liha
  • Võro: liha
  • Votic: liha

References
  1. 2012.Substrata Uralica : Studies on Finno-Ugrian Substrate in Northern Russian Dialects"
  • “liha”, 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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