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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hüvä

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 *šiwä, possibly from Indo-Iranian (cf. Sanskrit शिव (śiva, auspicious, favorable)). This has been however disputed. Northern Sami savvit (to heal) and Erzya чив (čiv, good) may have the same origin.

Adjective

*hüvä

  1. good

Inflection

Coordinate terms

Descendants

References

  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) 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
  • Koivulehto, Jorma. 2009. "Etymologisesti hämäriä -(is)tA-johdosverbejä, lainoja ja omapohjaisia". In: Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 92.
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