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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/uuhi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably from earlier *uwči and 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
- 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 | ||
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nominative | *uuhi | *uuhet | |
accusative | *uuhen | *uuhet | |
genitive | *uuhen | *uuhten *uuhiden | |
partitive | *uuhta | *uuhida | |
inessive | *uuhessa *uuhehna | *uuhissa *uuhihna | |
elative | *uuhesta | *uuhista | |
illative | *uuhehen | *uuhihen | |
adessive | *uuhella | *uuhilla | |
ablative | *uuhelta | *uuhilta | |
allative | *uuhelen *uuhelek | *uuhilen *uuhilek | |
essive | *uuhena | *uuhina | |
translative | *uuheksi | *uuhiksi | |
instructive | *uuhen | *uuhin | |
comitative | *uuhenek | *uuhinek | |
abessive | *uuhetta | *uuhitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: uhe, uhu (dialectal)
- Finnish: uuhi
- Karelian: uuhi
- ⇒ Livvi: uuhut
- Veps: uhi, uhu
From *utti:
- Estonian: utt
- Finnish: utti, uuti, uti (dialectal)
- ⇒ Ingrian: uto
- Võro: utt'
- Votic: (Mati, Rajo) uti
Further reading
- utt in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #1086 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “uuhi”, in 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