Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keüci

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-Uralic *käwde (whence also Proto-Samic *kievδë).

Noun

*keüci

1. rope

Inflection

Inflection of *keüci

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*keüci	*keüdet
accusative		*keüden	*keüdet
genitive		*keüden	*keüt'en *keüciden
partitive		*keüttä	*keücidä
inessive		*keüdessä *keüdehnä	*keücissä *keücihnä
elative		*keüdestä	*keücistä
illative		*keütehen	*keücihen
adessive		*keüdellä	*keücillä
ablative		*keüdeltä	*keüciltä
allative		*keütelen *keütelek	*keücilen *keücilek
essive		*keünnä	*keücinä
translative		*keüdeksi	*keüciksi
instructive		*keüden	*keücin
comitative		*keünnek	*keücinek
abessive		*keüdettä	*keücittä

Derived terms

• *keüttädäk

Descendants

• Estonian: köis, (dialectal) köüs, keis
• Finnish: köysi
• Ingrian: köys
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: keyši
• Livonian: kieuž
• Võro: köüds'
• Votic: (Jõgõperä) tšöüsi

Further reading

• “köis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012