Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurikka

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

Uncertain; contains the diminutive suffix *-kka. Possibly from the same root as *kuras.

Noun

*kurikka

1. club (heavy stick)

Inflection

Inflection of *kurikka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kurikka	*kurik'at
accusative		*kurik'an	*kurik'at
genitive		*kurik'an	*kurikkadën *kurikkoidën
partitive		*kurikkata	*kurikkoita
inessive		*kurik'assa *kurik'ahna	*kurik'oissa *kurik'oihna
elative		*kurik'asta	*kurik'oista
illative		*kurikkasën	*kurikkoisën
adessive		*kurik'alla	*kurik'oilla
ablative		*kurik'alta	*kurik'oilta
allative		*kurikkalën *kurikkalëk	*kurikkoilën *kurikkoilëk
essive		*kurikkana	*kurikkoina
translative		*kurik'aksi	*kurik'oiksi
instructive		*kurik'an	*kurik'oin
comitative		*kurikkanëk	*kurikkoinëk
abessive		*kurik'atta	*kurik'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kurikas
• Finnish: kurikka
  • → Inari Sami: kuurâh
• Ingrian: kurikka
• Karelian: kurikka
• Livvi: kurikku
• Ludian: kurik
• Veps: kurik
• Võro: kurik
• Votic: kurikkõ

Further reading

• “kurikas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012