Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tukku
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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
Probably *tukka (“hair”) + *-u, or alternatively from *tukkidak (“to clog, block”) + *-u, or borrowed from Proto-Norse (*dukkō) (compare Norwegian Bokmål dukke (“doll”)).
Noun
*tukku
Inflection
Inflection of *tukku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tukku | *tuk'ut | |
| accusative | *tuk'un | *tuk'ut | |
| genitive | *tuk'un | *tukkudën *tukkuidën | |
| partitive | *tukkuda | *tukkuida | |
| inessive | *tuk'ussa *tuk'uhna |
*tuk'uissa *tuk'uihna | |
| elative | *tuk'usta | *tuk'uista | |
| illative | *tukkuhën | *tukkuihën | |
| adessive | *tuk'ulla | *tuk'uilla | |
| ablative | *tuk'ulta | *tuk'uilta | |
| allative | *tukkulën *tukkulëk |
*tukkuilën *tukkuilëk | |
| essive | *tukkuna | *tukkuina | |
| translative | *tuk'uksi | *tuk'uiksi | |
| instructive | *tuk'un | *tuk'uin | |
| comitative | *tukkunëk | *tukkuinëk | |
| abessive | *tuk'utta | *tuk'uitta | |
Descendants
From *tukko (with *-o?):
- Finnish: tukko
References
- ^ Saarikivi, Janne. 2007. "Uusia vanhoja sanoja" ('New Old Words'). In: Ylikoski, Jussi; Aikio, Ante (eds.), Sámit, sánit, sátnehámit. Riepmočála Pekka Sammallahtii miessemánu 21. beaivve 2007. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 253, pp. 325–347.
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tukko1”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä (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