Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/laiha

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

From earlier *lajša, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *laisa- (whence Latvian liess, Lithuanian liesas).

Adjective

*laiha

1. lean, thin

Inflection

Inflection of *laiha

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*laiha	*laihat
accusative		*laihan	*laihat
genitive		*laihan	*laihadën *laihoidën
partitive		*laihada	*laihoida
inessive		*laihassa *laihahna	*laihoissa *laihoihna
elative		*laihasta	*laihoista
illative		*laihahën	*laihoihën
adessive		*laihalla	*laihoilla
ablative		*laihalta	*laihoilta
allative		*laihalën *laihalëk	*laihoilën *laihoilëk
essive		*laihana	*laihoina
translative		*laihaksi	*laihoiksi
instructive		*laihan	*laihoin
comitative		*laihanëk	*laihoinëk
abessive		*laihatta	*laihoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: lahja
• Finnish: laiha
• Ingrian: laiha
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: laiha
  • South Karelian: laiha
• Livonian: lajā
• Livvi: laihu
• Ludian: laih
• Veps: laih
• Võro: laih
• Votic: laihõ, laha
• → Proto-Samic: *lāššē (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “lahja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012