Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kunnija
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kunją.
Noun
*kunnija
Inflection
Inflection of *kunnija
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kunnija | *kunnijat | |
| accusative | *kunnijan | *kunnijat | |
| genitive | *kunnijan | *kunnijadën *kunnijoidën | |
| partitive | *kunnijata | *kunnijoita | |
| inessive | *kunnijassa *kunnijahna |
*kunnijoissa *kunnijoihna | |
| elative | *kunnijasta | *kunnijoista | |
| illative | *kunnijasën | *kunnijoisën | |
| adessive | *kunnijalla | *kunnijoilla | |
| ablative | *kunnijalta | *kunnijoilta | |
| allative | *kunnijalën *kunnijalëk |
*kunnijoilën *kunnijoilëk | |
| essive | *kunnijana | *kunnijoina | |
| translative | *kunnijaksi | *kunnijoiksi | |
| instructive | *kunnijan | *kunnijoin | |
| comitative | *kunnijanëk | *kunnijoinëk | |
| abessive | *kunnijatta | *kunnijoitta | |
Alternative reconstructions
- *kunnia
Descendants
- Finnish: kunnia
- → Pite Sami: guddne
- → Lule Sami: guddne
- → Northern Sami: gudni
- → Inari Sami: kunnee
- Ingrian: kunnia
- → Votic: kunnia
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kunnivo
- South Karelian: kunnivo, kunnie
- Livvi: kunnivo
- Votic:
- Kukkuzi: kunnia
Related terms
- *kuningas (“king”)
Further reading
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kunnia”, 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