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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/uuhi

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 *uwši and probably related to Moksha уча (uča) and Komi-Permyak ыж (yž). Further origin uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Indo-European (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis).

Noun

*uuhi[1]

  1. (young) ewe (female sheep)

Inflection
Inflection of *uuhi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *uuhi *uuhët
accusative *uuhën *uuhët
genitive *uuhën *uuhtën
*uuhidën
partitive *uuhta *uuhida
inessive *uuhëssa
*uuhëhna		 *uuhissa
*uuhihna
elative *uuhësta *uuhista
illative *uuhëhën *uuhihën
adessive *uuhëlla *uuhilla
ablative *uuhëlta *uuhilta
allative *uuhëlën
*uuhëlëk		 *uuhilën
*uuhilëk
essive *uuhëna *uuhina
translative *uuhëksi *uuhiksi
instructive *uuhën *uuhin
comitative *uuhënëk *uuhinëk
abessive *uuhëtta *uuhitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) uhe, uhu
  • Finnish: uuhi
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: uuhi
    • South Karelian: uuhut
  • Livvi: ⇒ uuhut
  • Veps: uhu

From *utti, *uti:

  • Estonian: utt
  • Finnish: (dialectal) utti, uuti, uti
  • Ingrian: ⇒ uto
  • Võro: utt'
  • Votic: (Mati, Rajo) uti

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

Further reading
  • “utt”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1086 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “uuhi”, 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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