< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuci-
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *kuńće.
Noun
*kuci-
- ant
- Synonyms: *kutki, *muurahainen
Descendants
- 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
Further reading
- kusilane in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kusiainen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN