Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ku

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-Uralic *ku or Proto-Uralic *ko-. Finnish and Ingrian show a pattern of suffixing the nominative singular with *-ka (compare *mi and possibly *joka).

Pronoun

*ku

1. who, what (interrogative)

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• *kumpi

Descendants

• ⇒ Estonian: kui, kuid, kuidas, kuna, kunagi, kus, kuhu, kust, kuni
• ⇒ Finnish: kuka (nominative singular form, other forms archaic), kun, kuin, kuinka, kukin, kukaan, kulloin, kuten
• Ingrian: ku, ⇒ kuka, kuin, kunis
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ku
  • South Karelian: ku
• ⇒ Veps: kuna, kunasai, kuhusai, kus, kuspäi, kut, kuti
• ⇒ Võro: kua, kuas
• ⇒ Votic: ku, kuall, kualtõ, kuhan, kuhõõ, kui, kuile, kuimõnd, kuini, kuippäi, kuika, kuhõz (Kattila), kuibõ (Kattila)

Further reading

• Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ku⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎^[1] (in Finnish)