Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keühä

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

Likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, embarassed, loathsome, odious”), despite the difference in meaning.

Adjective

*keühä

poor (low-quality)
poor (with few possessions)

Synonyms

(low-quality) *hoono

Antonyms

*rik'as

Derived terms

*keühtüdäk

Descendants

Estonian: kehv
Finnish: köyhä
Ingrian: köyhä
- → Votic: köühe
Karelian: köyhä
Krevinian: tšöühä
Livvi: keyhy
Ludian: köüh
Veps: köüh
→ Southern Sami: giehvie
→ Lule Sami: giehe
→ Northern Sami: geafi
→ Inari Sami: kieyhi

References

kehv in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN