Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kühkü

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

Probably onomatopoeic origin.

Noun edit

*kühkü

  1. pigeon, dove (bird of the family Columbidae)

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

From *kühkü:

  • Finnish: kyyhky, (dialectal) kyhky
  • Karelian: kyyhky

From *kühküinen:

From *kühküläinen:

From *kühkoi:

From [Term?]:

Further reading edit

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kyyhkynen”, 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