Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kutu

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 *kutëdak +‎ *-u.

Noun

*kutu[1]

  1. spawn (eggs of an aquatic organism)

Inflection

Inflection of *kutu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kutu *kudut
accusative *kudun *kudut
genitive *kudun *kutudën
*kutuidën
partitive *kutuda *kutuida
inessive *kudussa
*kuduhna 		*kuduissa
*kuduihna
elative *kudusta *kuduista
illative *kutuhën *kutuihën
adessive *kudulla *kuduilla
ablative *kudulta *kuduilta
allative *kutulën
*kutulëk 		*kutuilën
*kutuilëk
essive *kutuna *kutuina
translative *kuduksi *kuduiksi
instructive *kudun *kuduin
comitative *kutunëk *kutuinëk
abessive *kudutta *kuduitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: kudu
  • Finnish: kutu
  • Ingrian: kutu
  • Karelian: kutu (Northern), kudu (Southern)
  • Livonian: ku’d
  • Livvi: kudu
  • Ludian: kudu
  • Võro: kudu
  • Votic: kutu

References

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