Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kunta
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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
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta. Cognates include Hungarian had (“army”).
Noun edit
*kunta[1]
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kunta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kunta | *kundat | |
| accusative | *kundan | *kundat | |
| genitive | *kundan | *kuntadën *kuntëidën | |
| partitive | *kuntada | *kuntëida | |
| inessive | *kundassa *kundahna |
*kundëissa *kundëihna | |
| elative | *kundasta | *kundëista | |
| illative | *kuntahën | *kuntëihën | |
| adessive | *kundalla | *kundëilla | |
| ablative | *kundalta | *kundëilta | |
| allative | *kuntalën *kuntalëk |
*kuntëilën *kuntëilëk | |
| essive | *kuntana | *kuntëina | |
| translative | *kundaksi | *kundëiksi | |
| instructive | *kundan | *kundëin | |
| comitative | *kuntanëk | *kuntëinëk | |
| abessive | *kundatta | *kundëitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: -kond
- Finnish: kunta
- Ingrian: -kunta
- Karelian:
- Livonian: -gõnd
- Livvi: kundu, -kundu
- Ludian: -kund
- Veps: -kund
- Võro: -kund
- Votic: kuntõ (Jõgõperä), -kuntõ
References edit
Further reading edit
- “-kond”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #400 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.