Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kundëh

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 Proto-Uralic *kunta- (“to hunt, kill, catch, grab”) +‎ *-ëh.

Noun

*kundëh

1. impression mark left on skin

Inflection

Inflection of *kundëh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kundëh	*kuntëhët
accusative		*kuntëhën	*kuntëhët
genitive		*kuntëhën	*kundëhtën *kuntëhidën
partitive		*kundëhta	*kuntëhita
inessive		*kuntëhëssa *kuntëhëhna	*kuntëhissa *kuntëhihna
elative		*kuntëhësta	*kuntëhista
illative		*kuntëhësën	*kuntëhisën
adessive		*kuntëhëlla	*kuntëhilla
ablative		*kuntëhëlta	*kuntëhilta
allative		*kuntëhëlën *kuntëhëlëk	*kuntëhilën *kuntëhilëk
essive		*kuntëhëna	*kuntëhina
translative		*kuntëhëksi	*kuntëhiksi
instructive		*kuntëhën	*kuntëhin
comitative		*kuntëhënëk	*kuntëhinëk
abessive		*kuntëhëtta	*kuntëhitta

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) kunne
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: kunnoh
• Livvi: kunneh

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kunne”, 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