Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kives

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 *kive +‎ *-s.

Noun

*kives (Northern Finnic)

1. stone inside birchbark, used as weight for a fishnet or a seine.

Inflection

Inflection of *kives

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kives	*kivekset
accusative		*kiveksen	*kivekset
genitive		*kiveksen	*kivesten *kiveksiden
partitive		*kivestä	*kiveksitä
inessive		*kiveksessä *kiveksehnä	*kiveksissä *kiveksihnä
elative		*kiveksestä	*kiveksistä
illative		*kiveksesen	*kiveksisen
adessive		*kiveksellä	*kiveksillä
ablative		*kivekseltä	*kiveksiltä
allative		*kivekselen *kivekselek	*kiveksilen *kiveksilek
essive		*kivessä	*kiveksinä
translative		*kivekseksi	*kiveksiksi
instructive		*kiveksen	*kiveksin
comitative		*kivessek	*kiveksinek
abessive		*kiveksettä	*kiveksittä

Descendants

• Finnish: kives
• Ingrian: kives
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kives
  • South Karelian: kives
• Livvi: kives
• Ludian: kivez
• Veps: kivez

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kivi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä‎^[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