Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kunta

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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 *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]

  1. community; group of people

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ 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.