Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koono
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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
Borrowed either from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*skonu) (whence Faroese skon), or from Proto-Norse *ᚷᛟᚾᛟ (*gono) (whence Icelandic góna (“snout”)).
Noun edit
*koono
Inflection edit
Inflection of *koono
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *koono | *koonot | |
| accusative | *koonon | *koonot | |
| genitive | *koonon | *koonodën *koonoidën | |
| partitive | *koonoda | *koonoida | |
| inessive | *koonossa *koonohna |
*koonoissa *koonoihna | |
| elative | *koonosta | *koonoista | |
| illative | *koonohën | *koonoihën | |
| adessive | *koonolla | *koonoilla | |
| ablative | *koonolta | *koonoilta | |
| allative | *koonolën *koonolëk |
*koonoilën *koonoilëk | |
| essive | *koonona | *koonoina | |
| translative | *koonoksi | *koonoiksi | |
| instructive | *koonon | *koonoin | |
| comitative | *koononëk | *koonoinëk | |
| abessive | *koonotta | *koonoitta | |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “koon”, 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), “kuono”, 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