Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaunis

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.

Adjective

*kaunis[1]

  1. beautiful

Inflection

Inflection of *kaunis
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kaunis *kaunihët
accusative *kaunihën *kaunihët
genitive *kaunihën *kaunistën
*kaunihidën
partitive *kaunista *kaunihita
inessive *kaunihëssa
*kaunihëhna 		*kaunihissa
*kaunihihna
elative *kaunihësta *kaunihista
illative *kaunihësën *kaunihisën
adessive *kaunihëlla *kaunihilla
ablative *kaunihëlta *kaunihilta
allative *kaunihëlën
*kaunihëlëk 		*kaunihilën
*kaunihilëk
essive *kaunissa *kaunihina
translative *kaunihëksi *kaunihiksi
instructive *kaunihën *kaunihin
comitative *kaunissëk *kaunihinëk
abessive *kaunihëtta *kaunihitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: kaunis
  • Finnish: kaunis
  • Ingrian: kaunis
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kauniš
  • Ludian: kauńiž
  • Votic: kauniz (“red”)

References

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

Further reading

  • “kaunis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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