Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuusi

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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-Uralic *kowse, possibly with monophthongization *ow > *ou > *uu.

Noun

*kuusi[1]

  1. spruce

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: kuusk
  • Finnish: kuusi
  • Ingrian: kuus
  • Karelian: kuusi
  • Livonian:
  • Veps: kuz'
  • Võro: kuus'
  • Votic: kuusi

References

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