Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kundëh
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *kunta- (“to hunt, kill, catch, grab”) + *-ëh.
Noun
*kundëh[1]
- impression mark left on skin
Inflection
Inflection of *kundëh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kundëh | *kuntëhët | |
| accusative | *kuntëhën | *kuntëhët | |
| genitive | *kuntëhën | *kundëhtën *kuntëhidën | |
| partitive | *kundëhta | *kuntëhita | |
| inessive | *kuntëhëssa *kuntëhëhna |
*kuntëhissa *kuntëhihna | |
| elative | *kuntëhësta | *kuntëhista | |
| illative | *kuntëhësën | *kuntëhisën | |
| adessive | *kuntëhëlla | *kuntëhilla | |
| ablative | *kuntëhëlta | *kuntëhilta | |
| allative | *kuntëhëlën *kuntëhëlëk |
*kuntëhilën *kuntëhilëk | |
| essive | *kuntëhëna | *kuntëhina | |
| translative | *kuntëhëksi | *kuntëhiksi | |
| instructive | *kuntëhën | *kuntëhin | |
| comitative | *kuntëhënëk | *kuntëhinëk | |
| abessive | *kuntëhëtta | *kuntëhitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: (dialectal) kunne
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: kunnoh
- Livvi: kunneh
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kunne”, 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