Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/künci

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 *künče. Cognates include Proto-Samic *këncë.

Noun

*künci[1]

  1. nail
  2. claw

Inflection

Inflection of *künci
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *künci *kündet
accusative *künden *kündet
genitive *künden *küt'en
*künciden
partitive *küttä *küncidä
inessive *kündessä
*kündehnä 		*küncissä
*küncihnä
elative *kündestä *küncistä
illative *küntehen *küncihen
adessive *kündellä *küncillä
ablative *kündeltä *künciltä
allative *küntelen
*küntelek 		*küncilen
*küncilek
essive *künnä *küncinä
translative *kündeksi *künciksi
instructive *künden *küncin
comitative *künnek *küncinek
abessive *kündettä *küncittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: küüs
  • Finnish: kynsi
  • Ingrian: kyns, kynsi
  • Karelian: kynsi
  • Livonian: kīņtš
  • Livvi: kynzi
  • Ludian: kündž
  • Veps: künz'
  • Võro: küüds'
  • Votic: tšüüsi

References

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

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kynsi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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
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