Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuci-
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *kuńće.
Noun
[edit]*kuci-[1]
- ant
- Synonyms: *kutki, *muurahainën
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) kusilane, kusikas
- Finnish: kusiainen, (dialectal) kusilainen
- Ingrian: kusilain
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: kudžahaine, kudžoi
- Livvi: kudžoi
- Ludian: kudžoi
- Veps: kuzi- (in compound: kuzimurahaine)
- Võro: kusiklanõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kusilane”, 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), “kusiainen”, 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