Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/konëh

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

Borrowed from Pre-Proto-Germanic *gn̥ni̯o- (later Proto-Germanic *kunją (“omen, portent, miracle”)).

Noun

*konëh

1. magic
2. speech

Inflection

Inflection of *konëh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*konëh	*konëhët
accusative		*konëhën	*konëhët
genitive		*konëhën	*konëhtën *konëhidën
partitive		*konëhta	*konëhita
inessive		*konëhëssa *konëhëhna	*konëhissa *konëhihna
elative		*konëhësta	*konëhista
illative		*konëhësën	*konëhisën
adessive		*konëhëlla	*konëhilla
ablative		*konëhëlta	*konëhilta
allative		*konëhëlën *konëhëlëk	*konëhilën *konëhilëk
essive		*konëhëna	*konëhina
translative		*konëhëksi	*konëhiksi
instructive		*konëhën	*konëhin
comitative		*konëhënëk	*konëhinëk
abessive		*konëhëtta	*konëhitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kõne
• Finnish: kone
• Ingrian: ⇒ konu
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: koneh
• Võro: kynõq

Further reading

• “kõne”, 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), “koneh”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN