Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuusi

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-Uralic *kowse, possibly with monophthongization *ow > *ou > *uu.

Noun

*kuusi[1]

  1. spruce

Inflection

Inflection of *kuusi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kuusi *kuusët
accusative *kuusën *kuusët
genitive *kuusën *kuustën
*kuusidën
partitive *kuusta *kuusida
inessive *kuusëssa
*kuusëhna 		*kuusissa
*kuusihna
elative *kuusësta *kuusista
illative *kuusëhën *kuusihën
adessive *kuusëlla *kuusilla
ablative *kuusëlta *kuusilta
allative *kuusëlën
*kuusëlëk 		*kuusilën
*kuusilëk
essive *kuussa *kuusina
translative *kuusëksi *kuusiksi
instructive *kuusën *kuusin
comitative *kuussëk *kuusinëk
abessive *kuusëtta *kuusitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: kuusk
  • Finnish: kuusi
  • Ingrian: kuus
  • Karelian: kuusi
  • Livonian:
  • Veps: kuz'
  • Võro: kuus'
  • Votic: kuusi

References

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