Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kultainën
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From *kulta (“gold”) + *-inën (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
*kultainën
- golden (made of gold)
Inflection
Inflection of *kultainën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kultainën | *kultaicët | |
| accusative | *kultaicën | *kultaicët | |
| genitive | *kultaicën | *kuldaictën *kultaicidën | |
| partitive | *kuldaicta | *kultaicita | |
| inessive | *kultaicëssa *kultaicëhna |
*kultaicissa *kultaicihna | |
| elative | *kultaicësta | *kultaicista | |
| illative | *kultaicësën | *kultaicisën | |
| adessive | *kultaicëlla | *kultaicilla | |
| ablative | *kultaicëlta | *kultaicilta | |
| allative | *kultaicëlën *kultaicëlëk |
*kultaicilën *kultaicilëk | |
| essive | *kuldainna | *kultaicina | |
| translative | *kultaicëksi | *kultaiciksi | |
| instructive | *kultaicën | *kultaicin | |
| comitative | *kuldainnëk | *kultaicinëk | |
| abessive | *kultaicëtta | *kultaicitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kuldne
- Finnish: kultainen
- Ingrian: kultain
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kultani
- South Karelian: kuldane
- Livonian: kuldi
- Livvi: kuldaine
- Ludian: kuldaine
- Veps: kuudaine
- Võro: kullanõ, kuldnõ
- Votic: kultõin
Further reading
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kulta”, 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