Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kakku

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

Borrowed either from Proto-Norse *ᚲᚨᚲᛟ (*kako), or earlier Proto-Germanic *kakǭ.

Noun

*kakku[1]

  1. bread, flatbread, cake

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kakk
  • Finnish: kakku
  • Ingrian: kakku
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kakku
    • South Karelian: (dialectal) kakku
  • Livonian: kak
  • Livvi: kakku
  • Võro: kakk
  • Votic: kakku

From *kakko:

Further reading

  • kakk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kakku”, 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

References

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