Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kënkka

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

According to SSA and EES, possibly sound-symbolic.[1][2]

Noun

*kënkka[3]

  1. small mound, hillock
    Synonym: *kumpu

Declension

Inflection of *kënkka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kënkka *kënk'at
accusative *kënk'an *kënk'at
genitive *kënk'an *kënkkadën
*kënkkoidën
partitive *kënkkada *kënkkoida
inessive *kënk'assa
*kënk'ahna 		*kënk'oissa
*kënk'oihna
elative *kënk'asta *kënk'oista
illative *kënkkahën *kënkkoihën
adessive *kënk'alla *kënk'oilla
ablative *kënk'alta *kënk'oilta
allative *kënkkalën
*kënkkalëk 		*kënkkoilën
*kënkkoilëk
essive *kënkkana *kënkkoina
translative *kënk'aksi *kënk'oiksi
instructive *kënk'an *kënk'oin
comitative *kënkkanëk *kënkkoinëk
abessive *kënk'atta *kënk'oitta

Descendants

  • Livonian: kȭnka

From *kenkkä ?:

  • Finnish: (dialectal, rare) könkkä

From *kenkko (with *-o):

  • Estonian: kink, (dialectal) kenk
  • Võro: kink

From *kenkku (with *-u):

  • Finnish: (dialectal) kenkku
    • → Karelian:
      • South Karelian: (dialectal) kenkku

References

  1. ^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kenkku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
  2. ^ “kink”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  3. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kEnkkA-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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