Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurmicca

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-Finno-Permic [Term?] (whence also Eastern Mari: курмызак (kurmyzak)), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin and probably with the suffix +‎ *-icca.

Noun

*kurmicca[1]

  1. woodcock, snipe

Inflection

Inflection of *kurmicca
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kurmicca *kurmic'at
accusative *kurmic'an *kurmic'at
genitive *kurmic'an *kurmiccadën
*kurmiccoidën
partitive *kurmiccata *kurmiccoita
inessive *kurmic'assa
*kurmic'ahna 		*kurmic'oissa
*kurmic'oihna
elative *kurmic'asta *kurmic'oista
illative *kurmiccasën *kurmiccoisën
adessive *kurmic'alla *kurmic'oilla
ablative *kurmic'alta *kurmic'oilta
allative *kurmiccalën
*kurmiccalëk 		*kurmiccoilën
*kurmiccoilëk
essive *kurmiccana *kurmiccoina
translative *kurmic'aksi *kurmic'oiksi
instructive *kurmic'an *kurmic'oin
comitative *kurmiccanëk *kurmiccoinëk
abessive *kurmic'atta *kurmic'oitta

Descendants

From *kurmicca:

  • Finnish: kurmitsa
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: kurmičča
  • Livvi: kurmičču, ⇒ kurmoi

From *kurbicca:

  • Estonian: kurvits, (dialectal) kurbits
  • Finnish: (dialectal) kurvitsa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kurvičča
    • South Karelian: kurvičča
  • Ludian: ⇒ suogurbič
  • Veps: gurbič
  • Võro: kurvits

References

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

Further reading

  • “kurvits”, 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), “kurppa”, 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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