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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuha

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *snuzaz (whence Swedish snor (“snot”)) or alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *hnuzô (whence Icelandic hnerri (“sneeze”))[1].

Noun

*nuha

  1. rhinitis, sniffles

Inflection
Inflection of *nuha
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nuha *nuhat
accusative *nuhan *nuhat
genitive *nuhan *nuhadën
*nuhëidën
partitive *nuhada *nuhëida
inessive *nuhassa
*nuhahna		 *nuhëissa
*nuhëihna
elative *nuhasta *nuhëista
illative *nuhahën *nuhëihën
adessive *nuhalla *nuhëilla
ablative *nuhalta *nuhëilta
allative *nuhalën
*nuhalëk		 *nuhëilën
*nuhëilëk
essive *nuhana *nuhëina
translative *nuhaksi *nuhëiksi
instructive *nuhan *nuhëin
comitative *nuhanëk *nuhëinëk
abessive *nuhatta *nuhëitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: nohu, (dialectal) nohi, nuhu
  • Finnish: nuha
  • Võro: nuho, noho

References
  1. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Further reading
  • nohu in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “nuha”, 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
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