Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kacku

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kačka- (“to bite”) +‎ *-u.

Noun

*kacku

1. reek, smell of burning

Inflection

Inflection of *kacku

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kacku	*kackut
accusative		*kackun	*kackut
genitive		*kackun	*kackudën *kackuidën
partitive		*kackuda	*kackuida
inessive		*kackussa *kackuhna	*kackuissa *kackuihna
elative		*kackusta	*kackuista
illative		*kackuhën	*kackuihën
adessive		*kackulla	*kackuilla
ablative		*kackulta	*kackuilta
allative		*kackulën *kackulëk	*kackuilën *kackuilëk
essive		*kackuna	*kackuina
translative		*kackuksi	*kackuiksi
instructive		*kackun	*kackuin
comitative		*kackunëk	*kackuinëk
abessive		*kackutta	*kackuitta

Descendants

• Estonian: katk (“plague”)
• Finnish: katku
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kačku
  • South Karelian: kačku, kuačku
• Livvi: kačku, kuačku
• Ludian: kuačk
• Veps: kačk
• Võro: katsk (“plague”)

Further reading

• “katk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1259 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.