Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hukka

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 edit

Etymology edit

Unclear. The word been compared to Proto-Germanic *sukka- (noise, disturbance) on one hand, and Komi чыкны (ćykny, to lose), Udmurt чыкйыны (ćykjyny, to be soiled) on the other. Both comparisons would require an earlier form *šukka (in the latter case in turn from earlier *čukka).

The word has later developed a tabooistic meaning "wolf" in Ludic, Livvi, Karelian and eastern dialects of Finnish, largely replacing *suci.

Noun edit

*hukka

  1. loss
  2. ruin, destruction

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • hukk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN