Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kulta
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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]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.
Noun
[edit]*kulta[1]
- gold (metal)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kulta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kulta | *kuldat | |
| accusative | *kuldan | *kuldat | |
| genitive | *kuldan | *kultadën *kultëidën | |
| partitive | *kultada | *kultëida | |
| inessive | *kuldassa *kuldahna |
*kuldëissa *kuldëihna | |
| elative | *kuldasta | *kuldëista | |
| illative | *kultahën | *kultëihën | |
| adessive | *kuldalla | *kuldëilla | |
| ablative | *kuldalta | *kuldëilta | |
| allative | *kultalën *kultalëk |
*kultëilën *kultëilëk | |
| essive | *kultana | *kultëina | |
| translative | *kuldaksi | *kuldëiksi | |
| instructive | *kuldan | *kuldëin | |
| comitative | *kultanëk | *kultëinëk | |
| abessive | *kuldatta | *kuldëitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: kuld
- Finnish: kulta
- Ingrian: kulta
- Karelian: kulta, kulda
- Livonian: kūlda
- Livvi: kuldu
- Ludian: kuld
- Veps: kuld
- Võro: kuld
- Votic: kultõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kuld”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012