Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/küüttoi

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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

Probably somehow derived from *küü, with the suffix +‎ *-oi.

Noun

*küüttoi

  1. striped animal, especially a cow that has a white area along the spine

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: küüt
  • Finnish: kyyttö
  • Ingrian: kyyttö, (Soikkola) kyyttöi
  • Võro: kiut
  • Votic: tšüüttö (Pummala)

Further reading

  • küüt”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kyyttö”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN