Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haika

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

Possibly cognate with Proto-Samic *suojkē (whence Lule Sami suojgge (draft)), suggesting earlier *šajka, further origin unknown.

Noun

*haika[1]

  1. smoke, fume, haze

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: (dialectal) haika

From *haiku (with *-u):

  • Finnish: haiku
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: (dialectal) haiku
    • South Karelian: (dialectal) haigu

From *haik'ar ~ *haik'ër:

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*haika”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “haika”, 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