Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kukku
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from the same root as *kukka.
Noun
*kukku[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kukku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kukku | *kuk'ut | |
| accusative | *kuk'un | *kuk'ut | |
| genitive | *kuk'un | *kukkudën *kukkuidën | |
| partitive | *kukkuda | *kukkuida | |
| inessive | *kuk'ussa *kuk'uhna |
*kuk'uissa *kuk'uihna | |
| elative | *kuk'usta | *kuk'uista | |
| illative | *kukkuhën | *kukkuihën | |
| adessive | *kuk'ulla | *kuk'uilla | |
| ablative | *kuk'ulta | *kuk'uilta | |
| allative | *kukkulën *kukkulëk |
*kukkuilën *kukkuilëk | |
| essive | *kukkuna | *kukkuina | |
| translative | *kuk'uksi | *kuk'uiksi | |
| instructive | *kuk'un | *kuk'uin | |
| comitative | *kukkunëk | *kukkuinëk | |
| abessive | *kuk'utta | *kuk'uitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: (dialectal) kukku
From *kukkula (+ *-la):
From *kukkura (+ *-ra):
From [Term?]
- Võro: kukro
Further reading
- “kukal”, 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), “kukku”, 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