Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kindik

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

*kinte- +‎ *-ik, with a root of unknown origin. Further related to Proto-Samic *kintëk (whence Northern Sami gitta).

Adverb

*kindik[1]

  1. (into being) attached or fixed (to)

Descendants

  • Estonian: kinni, ⇒ kindel (from *kintelä < *kinte- + *-lä?)
  • Finnish: kiinni
  • Ingrian: kiin, kiini
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kiini
  • Ludian: kińd
  • Võro: kinniq
  • Votic: tšiin, tšiini

References

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

Further reading

  • “kindel”, 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), “kiinni”, 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
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