Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuja

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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *kwījō (whence Old Norse kví).[1]

Noun edit

*kuja

  1. fenced path
  2. stockyard

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

From *kuja:

  • Finnish: kuja
  • Ingrian: kuja
    • ? Estonian: (dialectal) kuja
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kuja
  • Votic: kuja

From *kujo:

References edit

  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Further reading edit

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuja”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN