Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kunta

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-Finno-Ugric *kunta. Cognates include Hungarian had (“army”). Alternatively possibly borrowed from a pre-Grimm form of Proto-Germanic *hundą (“a hundred (an administrative division)”).

Noun

*kunta

1. community; group of people

Inflection

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

• Estonian: -kond
• Finnish: kunta
• Ingrian: -kunta
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: -kunta
  • South Karelian: -kunda
• Livonian: -gõnd
• Livvi: kundu, -kundu
• Ludian: -kund
• Veps: -kund
• Võro: -kund
• Votic: kuntõ (Jõgõperä), -kuntõ

Further reading

• “-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.