Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kädüs

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *kätekse, derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *käte.

Noun edit

*kädüs

  1. sleeve
    Synonym: *hiha
  2. mitten
    Synonym: *kindas

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: käis, (dialectal) kädis
  • Finnish: (dialectal) kädys
  • Karelian: kävykset pl
  • Livonian: kädūks
  • Veps: käduz
  • Võro: käüs

Further reading edit

  • Entry #1289 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kädys”, in 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