Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuja
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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-Norse , from Proto-Germanic *kwījō (whence Old Norse kví).[1]
Noun
*kuja
Inflection
Inflection of *kuja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kuja | *kujat | |
| accusative | *kujan | *kujat | |
| genitive | *kujan | *kujadën *kujëidën | |
| partitive | *kujada | *kujëida | |
| inessive | *kujassa *kujahna |
*kujëissa *kujëihna | |
| elative | *kujasta | *kujëista | |
| illative | *kujahën | *kujëihën | |
| adessive | *kujalla | *kujëilla | |
| ablative | *kujalta | *kujëilta | |
| allative | *kujalën *kujalëk |
*kujëilën *kujëilëk | |
| essive | *kujana | *kujëina | |
| translative | *kujaksi | *kujëiksi | |
| instructive | *kujan | *kujëin | |
| comitative | *kujanëk | *kujëinëk | |
| abessive | *kujatta | *kujëitta | |
Descendants
From *kuja:
- Finnish: kuja
- Ingrian: kuja
- →? Estonian: (dialectal) kuja
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kuja
- Votic: kuja
From *kujo:
References
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuja”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN