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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 *liša, the word may be connected to Proto-Samic *liškē (“skin, body”). Since no further etymology is known, a borrowing from a substrate has been proposed.[1]
Noun
*liha
- 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 | *lihaden *lihoiden | |
| partitive | *lihada | *lihoida | |
| inessive | *lihassa *lihahna | *lihoissa *lihoihna | |
| elative | *lihasta | *lihoista | |
| illative | *lihahen | *lihoihen | |
| adessive | *lihalla | *lihoilla | |
| ablative | *lihalta | *lihoilta | |
| allative | *lihalen *lihalek | *lihoilen *lihoilek | |
| essive | *lihana | *lihoina | |
| translative | *lihaksi | *lihoiksi | |
| instructive | *lihan | *lihoin | |
| comitative | *lihanek | *lihoinek | |
| abessive | *lihatta | *lihoitta | |
Derived terms
- *lihaba
- *lihodak
Descendants
- Estonian: liha
- Finnish: liha
- Ingrian: liha
- Karelian: liha
- Livonian: leja
- Livvi: liha
- Ludian: liha
- Veps: liha
- Võro: liha
- Votic: liha
References
- 2012.Substrata Uralica : Studies on Finno-Ugrian Substrate in Northern Russian Dialects"
- liha 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