Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kündüs

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 *küntükse, related to Inari Sami koozâš, Kemi Sami kuddoš and Erzya кенкш (kenkš). Possibly an old *-us derivative of *künci.

Noun

*kündüs[1]

  1. threshold

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: künnis
  • Finnish: kynnys
  • Ingrian: kynnys
  • Karelian: kynnyš
  • Livonian: kīndõks
  • Livvi: kyńńys
  • Ludian: kündüs
  • Veps: künduz
  • Votic: tšünnüz

References

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

Further reading

  • künnis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012