Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuitu
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown.
Noun
*kuitu
Inflection
Inflection of *kuitu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kuitu | *kuidut | |
| accusative | *kuidun | *kuidut | |
| genitive | *kuidun | *kuitudën *kuituidën | |
| partitive | *kuituda | *kuituida | |
| inessive | *kuidussa *kuiduhna |
*kuiduissa *kuiduihna | |
| elative | *kuidusta | *kuiduista | |
| illative | *kuituhën | *kuituihën | |
| adessive | *kuidulla | *kuiduilla | |
| ablative | *kuidulta | *kuiduilta | |
| allative | *kuitulën *kuitulëk |
*kuituilën *kuituilëk | |
| essive | *kuituna | *kuituina | |
| translative | *kuiduksi | *kuiduiksi | |
| instructive | *kuidun | *kuiduin | |
| comitative | *kuitunëk | *kuituinëk | |
| abessive | *kuidutta | *kuiduitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: kuitu
- Ingrian: kuitu
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kuitu
- South Karelian: kuidu
- Livvi: kuidu
- Ludian: kuid
- Veps: kuid
From *kuito:
- Finnish: (dialectal) kuito
- Ingrian: kuito
- Votic: (rare) kuito
From *kiuto ~ *kiutu:
- Estonian: kiud
- Võro: kiud
- Votic: (hapax, Kattila) tšiuto
From *kutju?:
- Votic: (rare) kudʹju
Further reading
- “kiud”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kuitu”, 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