Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kihla
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.
Noun
*kihla[1]
- pledge (security to payment)
- bet, wager
- engagement gift
Inflection
Inflection of *kihla
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kihla | *kihlat | |
| accusative | *kihlan | *kihlat | |
| genitive | *kihlan | *kihladën *kihloidën | |
| partitive | *kihlada | *kihloida | |
| inessive | *kihlassa *kihlahna |
*kihloissa *kihloihna | |
| elative | *kihlasta | *kihloista | |
| illative | *kihlahën | *kihloihën | |
| adessive | *kihlalla | *kihloilla | |
| ablative | *kihlalta | *kihloilta | |
| allative | *kihlalën *kihlalëk |
*kihloilën *kihloilëk | |
| essive | *kihlana | *kihloina | |
| translative | *kihlaksi | *kihloiksi | |
| instructive | *kihlan | *kihloin | |
| comitative | *kihlanëk | *kihloinëk | |
| abessive | *kihlatta | *kihloitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kihl
- Finnish: kihla, kihlat pl
- → Inari Sami: kihle
- → Lule Sami: gille
- → Northern Sami: gihli
- → Pite Sami: kilhlê
- Ingrian: kihlat pl
- Karelian: kihla
- Livonian: kī’l
- → Latvian: ķīla
- Livvi: kihlat pl
- Ludian: kihl
- Veps: kehl
- Võro: kihl
- Votic: (Mati) tšihlõ
References
Further reading
- “kihl”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kihla”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN