Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lauha

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

According to Schalin (2019) possibly borrowed from Northwest Proto-Germanic *hlāwaz (whence Old High German lāo, *hlāo), or from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hlāwaz), with a substitution Germanic *VwV → Finnic *VuhV (cf. possibly a similar substitution in *rauha)^[1]. Possibly doublet of *leevä.

Adjective

*lauha^[2]

(of weather) mild, temperate

Inflection

Inflection of *lauha

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*lauha	*lauhat
accusative	*lauhan	*lauhat
genitive	*lauhan	lauhadën lauhëidën
partitive	*lauhada	*lauhëida
inessive	lauhassa lauhahna	lauhëissa lauhëihna
elative	*lauhasta	*lauhëista
illative	*lauhahën	*lauhëihën
adessive	*lauhalla	*lauhëilla
ablative	*lauhalta	*lauhëilta
allative	lauhalën lauhalëk	lauhëilën lauhëilëk
essive	*lauhana	*lauhëina
translative	*lauhaksi	*lauhëiksi
instructive	*lauhan	*lauhëin
comitative	*lauhanëk	*lauhëinëk
abessive	*lauhatta	*lauhëitta

Derived terms

*lauhtudak

Descendants

Estonian: (dialectal) lahva, ⇒ lahve
Finnish: lauha
Karelian:
- North Karelian: lauha
- South Karelian: lauha
→ Southern Sami: laahvoeh
→ Lule Sami: láho
→ Northern Sami: láfu

References

^ Schalin, Johan: 2019 Niukka, nivo, nuiva sekä niuha, lauha ja rauha. In S. Junttila & J Kuokkala (eds.) Petri Kallio rocks : Liber semisaecularis 7.2.2019 p. 173–183. Kallion etymologiseura. [1]
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*lauha”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)