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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kusa-
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *kusa.
Noun
*kusa-
- honeysuckle (Lonicera)
Descendants
- Estonian: kusla- (in compound: kuslapuu)
- Finnish: kuusama
- Ingrian: kuusan
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kuusain
- South Karelian: kuuzain
- Livvi: kuuzain
- Ludian: kuudžain
- Võro: kusla- (in compound: kuslapuu)
- Votic: kuusama
Further reading
- kusla- in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #1346 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.