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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta. Cognates include Hungarian had (“army”). Alternatively possibly borrowed from a pre-Grimm form of Proto-Germanic *hundą (“a hundred (an administrative division)”).
Noun
*kunta[1]
- community; group of people
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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*kunta
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*kundat
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accusative
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*kundan
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*kundat
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genitive
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*kundan
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*kuntadën *kuntëidën
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partitive
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*kuntada
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*kuntëida
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inessive
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*kundassa *kundahna
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*kundëissa *kundëihna
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elative
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*kundasta
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*kundëista
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illative
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*kuntahën
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*kuntëihën
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adessive
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*kundalla
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*kundëilla
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ablative
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*kundalta
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*kundëilta
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allative
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*kuntalën *kuntalëk
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*kuntëilën *kuntëilëk
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essive
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*kuntana
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*kuntëina
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translative
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*kundaksi
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*kundëiksi
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instructive
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*kundan
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*kundëin
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comitative
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*kuntanëk
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*kuntëinëk
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abessive
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*kundatta
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*kundëitta
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kunta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “-kond”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #400 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.