Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kita

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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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kata.

Noun

*kita[1]

  1. throat, pharynx, mouth

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kida
  • Finnish: kita
  • Karelian:
    North Karelian: kita
    South Karelian: kida
  • Livonian: kidūd pl
  • Livvi: kida
  • Ludian: kida
  • Veps: kida

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kita”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • kida”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #251 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.