Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/kȯin

This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

Etymology

Unknown. Probably related to Northern Sami gaidne.

Lytkin proposes a possible connection to Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina), probably via an unattested cognate in a Indo-Iranian language.

The Udmurt form may point to an alternative variant *koin.

Noun

*kȯin (stem *kȯin-)

wolf

Declension

Declension of kȯin (stem: kȯin-)
		singular	plural
nominative		*kȯin	*kȯinjas
accusative	indefinite	*kȯin	*kȯinjas
accusative	definite	*kȯinäs	*kȯinjasäs
instrumental		*kȯinän	*kȯinjasän
caritive		*kȯintäk	*kȯinjastäk
consecutive		*kȯinla	*kȯinjasla
genitive		*kȯinlän	*kȯinjaslän
ablative		*kȯinliś	*kȯinjasliś
dative		*kȯinli	*kȯinjasli
inessive		*kȯinin	*kȯinjasin
elative		*kȯiniś	*kȯinjasiś
illative		*kȯinä	*kȯinjasä
egressive		*kȯinśań	*kȯinjasśań
approximative		*kȯinlań	*kȯinjaslań
terminative		*kȯinäʒ́	*kȯinjasäʒ́
translative		*kȯinti	*kȯinjasti

Descendants

Komi:
- Komi-Permyak: кӧ́ин (kö́in)
- Komi-Yazva: кӧ́ин (kö́in)
- Komi-Zyrian: кӧин (köin)
Udmurt: кион (kion)
- Beserman: киён (kijon)

References

Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “кӧин”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka