Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurna
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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]
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kurńa. Cognate with dialectal Hungarian horny, horony
Noun[edit]
*kurna
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *kurna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kurna | *kurnat | |
| accusative | *kurnan | *kurnat | |
| genitive | *kurnan | *kurnadën *kurnëidën | |
| partitive | *kurnada | *kurnëida | |
| inessive | *kurnassa *kurnahna |
*kurnëissa *kurnëihna | |
| elative | *kurnasta | *kurnëista | |
| illative | *kurnahën | *kurnëihën | |
| adessive | *kurnalla | *kurnëilla | |
| ablative | *kurnalta | *kurnëilta | |
| allative | *kurnalën *kurnalëk |
*kurnëilën *kurnëilëk | |
| essive | *kurnana | *kurnëina | |
| translative | *kurnaksi | *kurnëiksi | |
| instructive | *kurnan | *kurnëin | |
| comitative | *kurnanëk | *kurnëinëk | |
| abessive | *kurnatta | *kurnëitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: kurn
- Finnish: kuurna, (dialectal) kurna
- Karelian: kuurna, kuura
- Livonian: kūrna
- Livvi: kuuru
- Veps: kurn
- Võro: kurn
- ⇒ Votic: kurnõtõ
Further reading[edit]
- “kurn”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #419 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.