Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurikka
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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
Uncertain; contains the diminutive suffix *-kka. Possibly from the same root as *kuras.
Noun edit
*kurikka
- club (heavy stick)
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kurikka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kurikka | *kurik'at | |
| accusative | *kurik'an | *kurik'at | |
| genitive | *kurik'an | *kurikkadën *kurikkoidën | |
| partitive | *kurikkata | *kurikkoita | |
| inessive | *kurik'assa *kurik'ahna |
*kurik'oissa *kurik'oihna | |
| elative | *kurik'asta | *kurik'oista | |
| illative | *kurikkasën | *kurikkoisën | |
| adessive | *kurik'alla | *kurik'oilla | |
| ablative | *kurik'alta | *kurik'oilta | |
| allative | *kurikkalën *kurikkalëk |
*kurikkoilën *kurikkoilëk | |
| essive | *kurikkana | *kurikkoina | |
| translative | *kurik'aksi | *kurik'oiksi | |
| instructive | *kurik'an | *kurik'oin | |
| comitative | *kurikkanëk | *kurikkoinëk | |
| abessive | *kurik'atta | *kurik'oitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: kurikas
- Finnish: kurikka
- → Inari Sami: kuurâh
- Ingrian: kurikka
- Karelian: kurikka
- Livvi: kurikku
- Ludian: kurik
- Veps: kurik
- Võro: kurik
- Votic: kurikkõ
Further reading edit
- “kurikas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012