Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kokta
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editPossibly from Proto-Uralic *kopta. Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kokta (whence Latvian kakts (“corner, nook”), Lithuanian kakta (“forehead”)).
Noun
edit*kokta
Inflection
editInflection of *kokta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kokta | *koktat | |
accusative | *koktan | *koktat | |
genitive | *koktan | *koktadën *koktëidën | |
partitive | *koktada | *koktëida | |
inessive | *koktassa *koktahna |
*koktëissa *koktëihna | |
elative | *koktasta | *koktëista | |
illative | *koktahën | *koktëihën | |
adessive | *koktalla | *koktëilla | |
ablative | *koktalta | *koktëilta | |
allative | *koktalën *koktalëk |
*koktëilën *koktëilëk | |
essive | *koktana | *koktëina | |
translative | *koktaksi | *koktëiksi | |
instructive | *koktan | *koktëin | |
comitative | *koktanëk | *koktëinëk | |
abessive | *koktatta | *koktëitta |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: koht
- Finnish: kohta
- Ingrian: kohta
- Karelian:
- ⇒ Livonian: kū’oḑi
- Livvi: kohtu
- Ludian: koht
- Veps: koht
- ⇒ Võro: kotus
- Votic: kõhtõ
Further reading
edit- “koht”, 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), “kohta”, 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