Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kivi
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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
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiwe.
Noun
*kivi
Inflection
Inflection of *kivi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kivi | *kivet | |
| accusative | *kiven | *kivet | |
| genitive | *kiven | *kiveden *kividen | |
| partitive | *kivedä | *kividä | |
| inessive | *kivessä *kivehnä |
*kivissä *kivihnä | |
| elative | *kivestä | *kivistä | |
| illative | *kivehen | *kivihen | |
| adessive | *kivellä | *kivillä | |
| ablative | *kiveltä | *kiviltä | |
| allative | *kivelen *kivelek |
*kivilen *kivilek | |
| essive | *kivenä | *kivinä | |
| translative | *kiveksi | *kiviksi | |
| instructive | *kiven | *kivin | |
| comitative | *kivenek | *kivinek | |
| abessive | *kivettä | *kivittä | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: kivi
- Finnish: kivi, (Southeastern Tavastian) kiu
- Ingrian: kivi
- Karelian: kivi
- Livonian: ki'v
- Livvi: kivi
- Ludian: kivi
- Veps: kivi
- Võro: kivi
- Votic: tšivi
References
- “kivi”, 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN