Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kacku
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kačka- (“to bite”) + *-u.
Noun
*kacku[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kacku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kacku | *kackut | |
| accusative | *kackun | *kackut | |
| genitive | *kackun | *kackudën *kackuidën | |
| partitive | *kackuda | *kackuida | |
| inessive | *kackussa *kackuhna |
*kackuissa *kackuihna | |
| elative | *kackusta | *kackuista | |
| illative | *kackuhën | *kackuihën | |
| adessive | *kackulla | *kackuilla | |
| ablative | *kackulta | *kackuilta | |
| allative | *kackulën *kackulëk |
*kackuilën *kackuilëk | |
| essive | *kackuna | *kackuina | |
| translative | *kackuksi | *kackuiksi | |
| instructive | *kackun | *kackuin | |
| comitative | *kackunëk | *kackuinëk | |
| abessive | *kackutta | *kackuitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: katk (“plague”)
- Finnish: katku
- Karelian:
- Livvi: kačku, kuačku
- Ludian: kuačk
- Veps: kačk
- Võro: katsk (“plague”)
References
Further reading
- “katk”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1259 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.