Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuru
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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 earlier *kuri + *-u, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kure.
Noun
[edit]*kuru[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kuru
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kuru | *kurut | |
| accusative | *kurun | *kurut | |
| genitive | *kurun | *kurudën *kuruidën | |
| partitive | *kuruda | *kuruida | |
| inessive | *kurussa *kuruhna |
*kuruissa *kuruihna | |
| elative | *kurusta | *kuruista | |
| illative | *kuruhën | *kuruihën | |
| adessive | *kurulla | *kuruilla | |
| ablative | *kurulta | *kuruilta | |
| allative | *kurulën *kurulëk |
*kuruilën *kuruilëk | |
| essive | *kuruna | *kuruina | |
| translative | *kuruksi | *kuruiksi | |
| instructive | *kurun | *kuruin | |
| comitative | *kurunëk | *kuruinëk | |
| abessive | *kurutta | *kuruitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: kuru
- Finnish: kuru
- Võro: kuru
- → Proto-Samic: *kurë (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: курья (kurʹja)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kuru”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuru”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä[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