Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kühkü
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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 onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
*kühkü
- pigeon, dove (bird of the family Columbidae)
Inflection
Inflection of *kühkü
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kühkü | *kühküt | |
| accusative | *kühkün | *kühküt | |
| genitive | *kühkün | *kühküden *kühküiden | |
| partitive | *kühküdä | *kühküidä | |
| inessive | *kühküssä *kühkühnä |
*kühküissä *kühküihnä | |
| elative | *kühküstä | *kühküistä | |
| illative | *kühkühen | *kühküihen | |
| adessive | *kühküllä | *kühküillä | |
| ablative | *kühkültä | *kühküiltä | |
| allative | *kühkülen *kühkülek |
*kühküilen *kühküilek | |
| essive | *kühkünä | *kühküinä | |
| translative | *kühküksi | *kühküiksi | |
| instructive | *kühkün | *kühküin | |
| comitative | *kühkünek | *kühküinek | |
| abessive | *kühküttä | *kühküittä | |
Descendants
From *kühkü:
From *kühküinen (+ *-inen):
From *kühküläinen (+ *-läinen):
- Finnish: kyyhkyläinen, (dialectal) kyhkyläinen
- Ingrian: kyyhkyläin
- Votic: tšüühküläine
From *kühkoi (+ *-oi):
From :
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kyyhkynen”, 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