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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ehva

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

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

From earlier *ešva, probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian ašva), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éśwāˀ.

Noun

*ehva

  1. heifer (young cow)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: õhv
  • Finnish: hieho, (dialectal) hiehvo, hehvo, ieho
  • Ingrian: heevikke
  • Karelian: hiehkoine
  • Livonian: õ’v
  • Võro: õhv, hõhv
  • Votic: õhvõ

Further reading

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