Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurkku
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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
Most probably a borrowing through Proto-Norse (*kwerku), from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō. The word has been also compared with Mordvinic counterparts (Erzya кирьга (kiŕga), Moksha корга (korga)), which are however more likely derive from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ.
Noun
*kurkku[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kurkku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kurkku | *kurk'ut | |
| accusative | *kurk'un | *kurk'ut | |
| genitive | *kurk'un | *kurkkudën *kurkkuidën | |
| partitive | *kurkkuda | *kurkkuida | |
| inessive | *kurk'ussa *kurk'uhna |
*kurk'uissa *kurk'uihna | |
| elative | *kurk'usta | *kurk'uista | |
| illative | *kurkkuhën | *kurkkuihën | |
| adessive | *kurk'ulla | *kurk'uilla | |
| ablative | *kurk'ulta | *kurk'uilta | |
| allative | *kurkkulën *kurkkulëk |
*kurkkuilën *kurkkuilëk | |
| essive | *kurkkuna | *kurkkuina | |
| translative | *kurk'uksi | *kurk'uiksi | |
| instructive | *kurk'un | *kurk'uin | |
| comitative | *kurkkunëk | *kurkkuinëk | |
| abessive | *kurk'utta | *kurk'uitta | |
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- Estonian: kurk
- Finnish: kurkku
- Ingrian: kulkku, kurkku
- Livonian: kurk
- Ludian: kurk
- Veps: kurk
- Võro: kurk
- Votic: kurkku
- → Southern Sami: gorhke
- → Lule Sami: gurkos
- → Northern Sami: gurku
References
- “kurk”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Koivulehto, Jorma. 2009. "Etymologisesti hämäriä -(is)tA-johdosverbejä, lainoja ja omapohjaisia". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 92, pp. 79–102.
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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