Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuru

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 earlier *kuri +‎ *-u, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kure.

Noun

*kuru^[1]

narrow place or passage
gorge, ravine

Inflection

Inflection of *kuru

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*kuru	*kurut
accusative	*kurun	*kurut
genitive	*kurun	kurudën kuruidën
partitive	*kuruda	*kuruida
inessive	kurussa kuruhna	kuruissa kuruihna
elative	*kurusta	*kuruista
illative	*kuruhën	*kuruihën
adessive	*kurulla	*kuruilla
ablative	*kurulta	*kuruilta
allative	kurulën kurulëk	kuruilën kuruilëk
essive	*kuruna	*kuruina
translative	*kuruksi	*kuruiksi
instructive	*kurun	*kuruin
comitative	*kurunëk	*kuruinëk
abessive	*kurutta	*kuruitta

Descendants

Estonian: kuru
Finnish: kuru
Võro: kuru
→ Proto-Samic: *kurë (see there for further descendants)
→ Russian: курья (kurʹja)

References

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

“kuru”, 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), “kuru”, 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

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

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