Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuningas

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 Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, from *kunją (“family, kin”) + *-ingaz (“originating from”).

Noun

*kuningas[1]

  1. king

Inflection

Inflection of *kuningas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kuningas *kuninkasët
accusative *kuninkasën *kuninkasët
genitive *kuninkasën *kuningastën
*kuninkasidën
partitive *kuningasta *kuninkasida
inessive *kuninkasëssa
*kuninkasëhna 		*kuninkasissa
*kuninkasihna
elative *kuninkasësta *kuninkasista
illative *kuninkasëhën *kuninkasihën
adessive *kuninkasëlla *kuninkasilla
ablative *kuninkasëlta *kuninkasilta
allative *kuninkasëlën
*kuninkasëlëk 		*kuninkasilën
*kuninkasilëk
essive *kuningassa *kuninkasina
translative *kuninkasëksi *kuninkasiksi
instructive *kuninkasën *kuninkasin
comitative *kuningassëk *kuninkasinëk
abessive *kuninkasëtta *kuninkasitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: kuningas
  • Finnish: kuningas
  • Ingrian: kunigas, kuningas, kunikas
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kuninkaš
    • South Karelian: kuningaš
  • Livvi: kuningas
  • Ludian: kuningas
  • Veps: kunigaz
  • Võro: kuning
  • Votic: kunikõz

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kuningas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • “kuningas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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