Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kita

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kata.

Noun[edit]

*kita

  1. throat, pharynx, mouth

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: kida
  • Finnish: kita
  • Karelian: (Northern) kita, (Southern) kida
  • Livonian: kidūd pl
  • Livvi: kida
  • Ludian: kida
  • Veps: kida

Further reading[edit]

  • kida”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #251 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.