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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/künci
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *künče. Cognates include Proto-Samic *këncë.
Noun
*künci
- nail
- claw
Inflection
Inflection of *künci
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *künci | *kündet | |
accusative | *künden | *kündet | |
genitive | *künden | *küt'en *künciden | |
partitive | *küttä | *küncidä | |
inessive | *kündessä *kündehnä | *küncissä *küncihnä | |
elative | *kündestä | *küncistä | |
illative | *küntehen | *küncihen | |
adessive | *kündellä | *küncillä | |
ablative | *kündeltä | *künciltä | |
allative | *küntelen *küntelek | *küncilen *küncilek | |
essive | *künnä | *küncinä | |
translative | *kündeksi | *künciksi | |
instructive | *künden | *küncin | |
comitative | *künnek | *küncinek | |
abessive | *kündettä | *küncittä |
Descendants
- Estonian: küüs
- Finnish: kynsi
- Ingrian: kyns
- Karelian: kynsi
- Livonian: kīņtš
- Livvi: kynzi
- Ludian: kündž
- Veps: künz'
- Võro: küüds'
- Votic: tšüüsi
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kynsi”, 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