Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurmicca

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?] (whence also Eastern Mari: [script needed] (kurmə̑zak)), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin and probably with the suffix +‎ *-icca.

Noun

*kurmicca

1. woodcock, snipe

Inflection

Inflection of *kurmicca

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kurmicca	*kurmic'at
accusative		*kurmic'an	*kurmic'at
genitive		*kurmic'an	*kurmiccadën *kurmiccoidën
partitive		*kurmiccata	*kurmiccoita
inessive		*kurmic'assa *kurmic'ahna	*kurmic'oissa *kurmic'oihna
elative		*kurmic'asta	*kurmic'oista
illative		*kurmiccasën	*kurmiccoisën
adessive		*kurmic'alla	*kurmic'oilla
ablative		*kurmic'alta	*kurmic'oilta
allative		*kurmiccalën *kurmiccalëk	*kurmiccoilën *kurmiccoilëk
essive		*kurmiccana	*kurmiccoina
translative		*kurmic'aksi	*kurmic'oiksi
instructive		*kurmic'an	*kurmic'oin
comitative		*kurmiccanëk	*kurmiccoinëk
abessive		*kurmic'atta	*kurmic'oitta

Descendants

From *kurmicca:

• Finnish: kurmitsa
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: kurmičča
• Livvi: kurmičču, ⇒ kurmoi

From *kurbicca:

• Estonian: kurvits, (dialectal) kurbits
• Finnish: (dialectal) kurvitsa
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kurvičča
  • South Karelian: kurvičča
• Ludian: ⇒ suogurbič
• Veps: gurbič
• Võro: kurvits

Further reading

• “kurvits”, 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), “kurppa”, 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