Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kotti

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuddô.

Noun

*kotti

1. sack, bag

Inflection

Inflection of *kotti

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kotti	*kot'it
accusative		*kot'in	*kot'it
genitive		*kot'in	*kottidën *kottëjidën
partitive		*kottida	*kottëjita
inessive		*kot'issa *kot'ihna	*kottëjissa *kottëjihna
elative		*kot'ista	*kottëjista
illative		*kottihën	*kottëjisën
adessive		*kot'illa	*kottëjilla
ablative		*kot'ilta	*kottëjilta
allative		*kottilën *kottilëk	*kottëjilën *kottëjilëk
essive		*kottina	*kottëjina
translative		*kot'iksi	*kottëjiksi
instructive		*kot'in	*kottëjin
comitative		*kottinëk	*kottëjinëk
abessive		*kot'itta	*kottëjitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kott
• Finnish: (dialectal) kotti
• Livonian: kuoț
• Võro: kott'
• Votic: kotti

Further reading

• “kott”, 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), “kotti”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN