Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kutsu

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

Unknown.

Noun

*kutsu

1. puppy (young dog)

   Synonym: *penikka

Inflection

Inflection of *kutsu

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kutsu	*kutsut
accusative		*kutsun	*kutsut
genitive		*kutsun	*kutsudën *kutsuidën
partitive		*kutsuda	*kutsuida
inessive		*kutsussa *kutsuhna	*kutsuissa *kutsuihna
elative		*kutsusta	*kutsuista
illative		*kutsuhën	*kutsuihën
adessive		*kutsulla	*kutsuilla
ablative		*kutsulta	*kutsuilta
allative		*kutsulën *kutsulëk	*kutsuilën *kutsuilëk
essive		*kutsuna	*kutsuina
translative		*kutsuksi	*kutsuiksi
instructive		*kutsun	*kutsuin
comitative		*kutsunëk	*kutsuinëk
abessive		*kutsutta	*kutsuitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kutsu
• Finnish: (dialectal, rare) kutsu
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: kudžu
• Livvi: kudžu
• Ludian: kudžu
• Võro: ⇒ kutsik

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kutsu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN