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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *küje, but the form *kije fits other descendants better and would have given **kii in Finnic.
Alternatively, the word may be extracted from an old compound *küü-kärmeh, itself a shortening of *kivi-kärmeh (literally “rock snake”), as the snake is known to live near rocky areas to keep itself warm during spring [1]
Noun
*küü
- viper
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*küü
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*küüt
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accusative
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*küün
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*küüt
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genitive
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*küün
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*küüden *küiden
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partitive
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*küütä
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*küitä
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inessive
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*küüssä *küühnä
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*küissä *küihnä
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elative
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*küüstä
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*küistä
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illative
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*küüsen
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*küisen
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adessive
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*küüllä
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*küillä
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ablative
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*küültä
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*küiltä
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allative
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*küülen *küülek
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*küilen *küilek
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essive
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*küünä
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*küinä
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translative
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*küüksi
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*küiksi
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instructive
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*küün
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*küin
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comitative
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*küünek
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*küinek
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abessive
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*küüttä
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*küittä
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “kyy”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish)