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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuitu

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

Unknown.

Noun

*kuitu

  1. (flax) fiber, fibre

Inflection
Inflection of *kuitu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kuitu *kuidut
accusative *kuidun *kuidut
genitive *kuidun *kuitudën
*kuituidën
partitive *kuituda *kuituida
inessive *kuidussa
*kuiduhna		 *kuiduissa
*kuiduihna
elative *kuidusta *kuiduista
illative *kuituhën *kuituihën
adessive *kuidulla *kuiduilla
ablative *kuidulta *kuiduilta
allative *kuitulën
*kuitulëk		 *kuituilën
*kuituilëk
essive *kuituna *kuituina
translative *kuiduksi *kuiduiksi
instructive *kuidun *kuiduin
comitative *kuitunëk *kuituinëk
abessive *kuidutta *kuiduitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: kiud
  • Finnish: kuitu, (dialectal) kuito
  • Ingrian: kuitu, kuito
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kuitu
    • South Karelian: kuidu
  • Livvi: kuidu
  • Ludian: kuid
  • Veps: kuid
  • Võro: kiud
  • Votic: (rare) kuito, kudju

Further reading
  • “kiud”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuitu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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