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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keühä

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”), despite the difference in meaning.

Adjective

*keühä

  1. poor (low-quality)
  2. poor (with few possessions)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • *keühtüdäk

Descendants
  • Estonian: kehv
  • Finnish: köyhä
  • Ingrian: köyhä
    • → Votic: keühä
  • Karelian: keyhä
  • Livvi: keyhy
  • Ludian: köüh
  • Veps: köüh
  • Votic: tšöühä
  • → Southern Sami: giehvie
  • → Lule Sami: giehe
  • → Northern Sami: geafi
  • → Inari Sami: kieyhi

References
  • kehv 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), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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