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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kükkü

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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

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Etymology

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Possibly borrowed and derived from Proto-Germanic *hūkaną; alternatively sound-symbolic.

Noun

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*kükkü[1]

  1. squat (bended position)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kükk
  • Finnish: kyykky, (dialectal) kykky
  • Ingrian: kykky
  • Karelian:
  • Võro: kükk

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kükkü”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • kükk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012