Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kükkü
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed and derived from Proto-Germanic *hūkaną; alternatively, according to SSA and EES, possibly sound-symbolic.[1][2]
Noun
*kükkü[3]
- squat (bended position)
Inflection
Inflection of *kükkü
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kükkü | *kük'üt | |
| accusative | *kük'ün | *kük'üt | |
| genitive | *kük'ün | *kükküden *kükküiden | |
| partitive | *kükküdä | *kükküidä | |
| inessive | *kük'üssä *kük'ühnä |
*kük'üissä *kük'üihnä | |
| elative | *kük'üstä | *kük'üistä | |
| illative | *kükkühen | *kükküihen | |
| adessive | *kük'üllä | *kük'üillä | |
| ablative | *kük'ültä | *kük'üiltä | |
| allative | *kükkülen *kükkülek |
*kükküilen *kükküilek | |
| essive | *kükkünä | *kükküinä | |
| translative | *kük'üksi | *kük'üiksi | |
| instructive | *kük'ün | *kük'üin | |
| comitative | *kükkünek | *kükküinek | |
| abessive | *kük'üttä | *kük'üittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kükk
- Finnish: kyykky, (dialectal) kykky
- Ingrian: kykky
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: kyykkä
- Võro: kükk
References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kyykky”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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
- ^ “kükk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kükkü”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)