Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kusa-

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 *kusa.

Noun

*kusa-

1. honeysuckle (Lonicera)

Descendants

• Estonian: kusla- (in compound: kuslapuu) (< *kus-la)
• Finnish: kuusama (< *kusa-ma); (dialectal) kuusain (< *kusa-in)
  • → Votic: (Kattila) kuusama
• Ingrian: kuusan (< *kusa-in)
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kuusain (< *kusa-in)
  • South Karelian: kuuzain (< *kusa-in)
• Livvi: kuuzain (< *kusa-in)
• Ludian: kuudžain (< *kusa-in)
• Võro: kusla- (in compound: kuslapuu) (< *kus-la)

Further reading

• “kusla-”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1346 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.