Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kusa-

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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-Permic *kusa.

Noun

*kusa-[1]

  1. honeysuckle (Lonicera)

Descendants

  • Estonian: kusla- (in compound: kuslapuu) (< *kus-la)
  • Finnish: kuusama (< *kusa-ma); (dialectal) kuusain (< *kusa-in)
  • Ingrian: kuusan (< *kusa-in)
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kuusain (< *kusa-in)
    • South Karelian: kuuzain (< *kusa-in)
  • Livvi: kuuzain (< *kusa-in)
  • Ludian: kuudžain (< *kusa-in)
  • Võro: kusla- (in compound: kuslapuu) (< *kus-la)

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ku(u)sa⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “kusla-”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1346 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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