< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kihla
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.
Noun
*kihla
- pledge (security to payment)
- bet, wager
- engagement gift
Inflection
Inflection of *kihla
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kihla | *kihlat | |
| accusative | *kihlan | *kihlat | |
| genitive | *kihlan | *kihladen *kihloiden | |
| partitive | *kihlada | *kihloida | |
| inessive | *kihlassa | *kihloissa | |
| elative | *kihlasta | *kihloista | |
| illative | *kihlahen | *kihloihen | |
| adessive | *kihlalla | *kihloilla | |
| ablative | *kihlalta | *kihloilta | |
| allative | *kihlalen | *kihloilen | |
| essive | *kihlana | *kihloina | |
| translative | *kihlaksi | *kihloiksi | |
| instructive | *kihlan | *kihloin | |
| comitative | *kihlanek | *kihloinek | |
| abessive | *kihlakta | *kihloikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kihl
- Finnish: kihla, kihlat pl
- → Inari Sami: kihle
- → Lule Sami: gille
- → Northern Sami: gihli
- → Pite Sami: kilhlê
- Ingrian: kihla
- Karelian: kihla
- Livonian: kī’l
- → Latvian: ķīla
- Livvi: kihlat pl
- Ludian: kihl
- Veps: kehl
- Võro: kihl
- Votic: tšihla
Further reading
- kihl in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kihla”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN