Of uncertain origin; perhaps an ancient borrowing from Proto-Permic . Compare Komi-Zyrian (kosp, “gap, interval”) and Udmurt кусып (kusyp, “threshold”), which are of Proto-Permic origin, preserved in Komi-Zyrian кось (koś) and кост (kost, “gap, distance”), related to Proto-Finno-Permic *keske (compare Proto-Finnic *keski (“middle”)). The correspondence between Proto-Permic *s and Hungarian sz suggests a borrowing rather than inheritance. The explanation is uncertain as the fully corresponding meaning “threshold” is found in Udmurt only.[1] The suggestion of a split from Hungarian közép (“middle”) has phonetic difficulties; parsing as a compound is erroneous.[2]
küszöb (plural küszöbök)
| Inflection (stem in -ö-, front rounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | küszöb | küszöbök |
| accusative | küszöböt | küszöböket |
| dative | küszöbnek | küszöböknek |
| instrumental | küszöbbel | küszöbökkel |
| causal-final | küszöbért | küszöbökért |
| translative | küszöbbé | küszöbökké |
| terminative | küszöbig | küszöbökig |
| essive-formal | küszöbként | küszöbökként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | küszöbben | küszöbökben |
| superessive | küszöbön | küszöbökön |
| adessive | küszöbnél | küszöböknél |
| illative | küszöbbe | küszöbökbe |
| sublative | küszöbre | küszöbökre |
| allative | küszöbhöz | küszöbökhöz |
| elative | küszöbből | küszöbökből |
| delative | küszöbről | küszöbökről |
| ablative | küszöbtől | küszöböktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
küszöbé | küszöböké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
küszöbéi | küszöbökéi |
| Possessive forms of küszöb | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | küszöböm | küszöbeim |
| 2nd person sing. | küszöböd | küszöbeid |
| 3rd person sing. | küszöbe | küszöbei |
| 1st person plural | küszöbünk | küszöbeink |
| 2nd person plural | küszöbötök | küszöbeitek |
| 3rd person plural | küszöbük | küszöbeik |