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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuha
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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
Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *snuzaz (whence Swedish snor (“snot”)) or alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *hnuzô (whence Icelandic hnerri (“sneeze”)).[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *nuha
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nuha | *nuhat | |
| accusative | *nuhan | *nuhat | |
| genitive | *nuhan | *nuhadën *nuhëidën | |
| partitive | *nuhada | *nuhëida | |
| inessive | *nuhassa *nuhahna |
*nuhëissa *nuhëihna | |
| elative | *nuhasta | *nuhëista | |
| illative | *nuhahën | *nuhëihën | |
| adessive | *nuhalla | *nuhëilla | |
| ablative | *nuhalta | *nuhëilta | |
| allative | *nuhalën *nuhalëk |
*nuhëilën *nuhëilëk | |
| essive | *nuhana | *nuhëina | |
| translative | *nuhaksi | *nuhëiksi | |
| instructive | *nuhan | *nuhëin | |
| comitative | *nuhanëk | *nuhëinëk | |
| abessive | *nuhatta | *nuhëitta | |
References
- Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
- “nohu”, 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), “nuha”, 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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