Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kindik
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editFrom *kinte- + *-ik. Further related to Proto-Samic *kintëk (whence Northern Sami gitta). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adverb
edit*kindik
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Estonian: kinni
- ⇒ Estonian: kindel (from *kintelä < *kinte- + *-lä?)
- Finnish: kiinni
- Ingrian: kiin, kiini
- Karelian: kiini
- Ludian: kińd
- Võro: kinniq
- Votic: tšiin, tšiini
Further reading
edit- “kindel”, 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), “kiinni”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN