Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuningas
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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-Germanic *kuningaz, from *kunją (“family, kin”) + *-ingaz (“originating from”).
Noun
Inflection
Inflection of *kuningas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kuningas | *kuninkasët | |
| accusative | *kuninkasën | *kuninkasët | |
| genitive | *kuninkasën | *kuningastën *kuninkasidën | |
| partitive | *kuningasta | *kuninkasida | |
| inessive | *kuninkasëssa *kuninkasëhna |
*kuninkasissa *kuninkasihna | |
| elative | *kuninkasësta | *kuninkasista | |
| illative | *kuninkasëhën | *kuninkasihën | |
| adessive | *kuninkasëlla | *kuninkasilla | |
| ablative | *kuninkasëlta | *kuninkasilta | |
| allative | *kuninkasëlën *kuninkasëlëk |
*kuninkasilën *kuninkasilëk | |
| essive | *kuningassa | *kuninkasina | |
| translative | *kuninkasëksi | *kuninkasiksi | |
| instructive | *kuninkasën | *kuninkasin | |
| comitative | *kuningassëk | *kuninkasinëk | |
| abessive | *kuninkasëtta | *kuninkasitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kuningas
- Finnish: kuningas
- Ingrian: kunigas, kuningas, kunikas
- Karelian:
- Livvi: kuningas
- Ludian: kuningas
- Veps: kunigaz
- Võro: kuning
- Votic: kunikõz
References
- “kuningas”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012