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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/suku
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Northern Sami sohka).
Noun
*suku
- kin, family
Inflection
Inflection of *suku
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *suku | *sugut | |
accusative | *sugun | *sugut | |
genitive | *sugun | *sukuden *sukuiden | |
partitive | *sukuda | *sukuida | |
inessive | *sugussa | *suguissa | |
elative | *sugusta | *suguista | |
illative | *sukuhen | *sukuihen | |
adessive | *sugulla | *suguilla | |
ablative | *sugulta | *suguilta | |
allative | *sukulek | *sukuilek | |
essive | *sukuna | *sukuina | |
translative | *suguksi | *suguiksi | |
instructive | *sugun | *suguin | |
comitative | *sukunek | *sukuinek | |
abessive | *sugukta | *suguikta |
Derived terms
- *sukulainen
Descendants
- Estonian: sugu
- Finnish: suku
- Ingrian: suku
- Karelian: suku (Northern), sugu (Southern)
- Livonian: su’g
- Livvi: sugu
- Veps: sugu
- Võro: sugu
- Votic: suku
- → Latvian: suga
Further reading
- sugu in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN