Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaunis
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.
Adjective
*kaunis
Inflection
Inflection of *kaunis
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kaunis | *kaunihët | |
| accusative | *kaunihën | *kaunihët | |
| genitive | *kaunihën | *kaunistën *kaunihidën | |
| partitive | *kaunista | *kaunihita | |
| inessive | *kaunihëssa *kaunihëhna |
*kaunihissa *kaunihihna | |
| elative | *kaunihësta | *kaunihista | |
| illative | *kaunihësën | *kaunihisën | |
| adessive | *kaunihëlla | *kaunihilla | |
| ablative | *kaunihëlta | *kaunihilta | |
| allative | *kaunihëlën *kaunihëlëk |
*kaunihilën *kaunihilëk | |
| essive | *kaunissa | *kaunihina | |
| translative | *kaunihëksi | *kaunihiksi | |
| instructive | *kaunihën | *kaunihin | |
| comitative | *kaunissëk | *kaunihinëk | |
| abessive | *kaunihëtta | *kaunihitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kaunis
- Finnish: kaunis
- Ingrian: kaunis
- Karelian: kaunis
- Livvi: kauniš
- Ludian: kauńiž
- Votic: kauniz (“red”)
Further reading
- “kaunis”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012