Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kokta
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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
Possibly from Proto-Uralic *kopta. Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kokta (whence Latvian kakts (“corner, nook”), Lithuanian kakta (“forehead”)).
Noun edit
*kokta
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kokta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kokta | *koktat | |
| accusative | *koktan | *koktat | |
| genitive | *koktan | *koktadën *koktëidën | |
| partitive | *koktada | *koktëida | |
| inessive | *koktassa *koktahna |
*koktëissa *koktëihna | |
| elative | *koktasta | *koktëista | |
| illative | *koktahën | *koktëihën | |
| adessive | *koktalla | *koktëilla | |
| ablative | *koktalta | *koktëilta | |
| allative | *koktalën *koktalëk |
*koktëilën *koktëilëk | |
| essive | *koktana | *koktëina | |
| translative | *koktaksi | *koktëiksi | |
| instructive | *koktan | *koktëin | |
| comitative | *koktanëk | *koktëinëk | |
| abessive | *koktatta | *koktëitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: koht
- Finnish: kohta
- Ingrian: kohta
- Karelian:
- ⇒ Livonian: kū’oḑi
- Livvi: kohtu
- Ludian: koht
- Veps: koht
- ⇒ Võro: kotus
- Votic: kõhtõ
Further reading edit
- “koht”, 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), “kohta”, 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