Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuitu
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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
Unknown.
Noun edit
*kuitu
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kuitu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kuitu | *kuidut | |
| accusative | *kuidun | *kuidut | |
| genitive | *kuidun | *kuitudën *kuituidën | |
| partitive | *kuituda | *kuituida | |
| inessive | *kuidussa *kuiduhna |
*kuiduissa *kuiduihna | |
| elative | *kuidusta | *kuiduista | |
| illative | *kuituhën | *kuituihën | |
| adessive | *kuidulla | *kuiduilla | |
| ablative | *kuidulta | *kuiduilta | |
| allative | *kuitulën *kuitulëk |
*kuituilën *kuituilëk | |
| essive | *kuituna | *kuituina | |
| translative | *kuiduksi | *kuiduiksi | |
| instructive | *kuidun | *kuiduin | |
| comitative | *kuitunëk | *kuituinëk | |
| abessive | *kuidutta | *kuiduitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: kiud
- Finnish: kuitu, (dialectal) kuito
- Ingrian: kuitu, kuito
- Karelian:
- Livvi: kuidu
- Ludian: kuid
- Veps: kuid
- Võro: kiud
- Votic: (rare) kuito, kudju
Further reading edit
- “kiud”, 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), “kuitu”, 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