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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *kojwa.
Noun
*koivu[1]
- birch (tree)
- Synonym: *kaski
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*koivu
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*koivut
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accusative
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*koivun
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*koivut
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genitive
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*koivun
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*koivudën *koivuidën
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partitive
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*koivuda
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*koivuida
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inessive
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*koivussa *koivuhna
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*koivuissa *koivuihna
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elative
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*koivusta
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*koivuista
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illative
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*koivuhën
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*koivuihën
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adessive
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*koivulla
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*koivuilla
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ablative
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*koivulta
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*koivuilta
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allative
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*koivulën *koivulëk
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*koivuilën *koivuilëk
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essive
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*koivuna
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*koivuina
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translative
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*koivuksi
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*koivuiksi
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instructive
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*koivun
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*koivuin
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comitative
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*koivunëk
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*koivuinëk
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abessive
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*koivutta
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*koivuitta
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*koivu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)