Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koko

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?] (whence Eastern Mari кугу (kugu, “big”)).

Adjective

*koko

1. whole, entire, all

Noun

*koko

1. heap, pile
2. size

Inflection

Inflection of *koko

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*koko	*kogot
accusative		*kogon	*kogot
genitive		*kogon	*kokodën *kokoidën
partitive		*kokoda	*kokoida
inessive		*kogossa *kogohna	*kogoissa *kogoihna
elative		*kogosta	*kogoista
illative		*kokohën	*kokoihën
adessive		*kogolla	*kogoilla
ablative		*kogolta	*kogoilta
allative		*kokolën *kokolëk	*kokoilën *kokoilëk
essive		*kokona	*kokoina
translative		*kogoksi	*kogoiksi
instructive		*kogon	*kogoin
comitative		*kokonëk	*kokoinëk
abessive		*kogotta	*kogoitta

Derived terms

• *kogot'ak

Descendants

• Estonian: kogu
• Finnish: koko
• Ingrian: koko
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: koko
  • South Karelian: kogo
• Livvi: kogo
• Ludian: kogo
• Veps: kogo
• Võro: kogo
• Votic: koko

Further reading

• “kogu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “koko”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (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