Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/iha

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 older *iša, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hišćáti (“to wish, desire, seek”) (whence Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti)).^[1]

Noun

*iha^[2]

happiness, joy, good mood
desire, yearning, hunger

Inflection

Inflection of *iha

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*iha	*ihat
accusative	*ihan	*ihat
genitive	*ihan	ihadën ihoidën
partitive	*ihada	*ihoida
inessive	ihassa ihahna	ihoissa ihoihna
elative	*ihasta	*ihoista
illative	*ihahën	*ihoihën
adessive	*ihalla	*ihoilla
ablative	*ihalta	*ihoilta
allative	ihalën ihalëk	ihoilën ihoilëk
essive	*ihana	*ihoina
translative	*ihaksi	*ihoiksi
instructive	*ihan	*ihoin
comitative	*ihanëk	*ihoinëk
abessive	*ihatta	*ihoitta

Descendants

Estonian: iha
Finnish: (obsolete, dialectal) iha, ⇒ ihailla, ihana, ihanne, ihastua, (dialectal) ihala
⇒ Ingrian: ihala, ihastua
Karelian:
- ⇒ North Karelian: ihailla, ihala, ihana
- ⇒ South Karelian: ihala, ihana
⇒ Livvi: ihailla
⇒ Ludian: ihastuda
⇒ Veps: ihastuda
Võro: (Tartu) ihä
⇒? Votic: ihassua (if not borrowed from Ingrian)

References

^ “Substrata Uralica. Studies on Finno-Ugrian Substrate in Northern Russian Dialects.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 4 April 2015 (last accessed), archived from the original on 30 August 2017
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*iha”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

“iha”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “iha”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[3] (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

[1] “Substrata Uralica. Studies on Finno-Ugrian Substrate in Northern Russian Dialects.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 4 April 2015 (last accessed), archived from the original on 30 August 2017

[2] Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*iha”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

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