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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kühkü

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

Probably onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

*kühkü

  1. pigeon, dove (bird of the family Columbidae)

Inflection
Inflection of *kühkü
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kühkü *kühküt
accusative *kühkün *kühküt
genitive *kühkün *kühküden
*kühküiden
partitive *kühküdä *kühküidä
inessive *kühküssä
*kühkühnä		 *kühküissä
*kühküihnä
elative *kühküstä *kühküistä
illative *kühkühen *kühküihen
adessive *kühküllä *kühküillä
ablative *kühkültä *kühküiltä
allative *kühkülen
*kühkülek		 *kühküilen
*kühküilek
essive *kühkünä *kühküinä
translative *kühküksi *kühküiksi
instructive *kühkün *kühküin
comitative *kühkünek *kühküinek
abessive *kühküttä *kühküittä

Descendants

From *kühkü:

  • Finnish: kyyhky, (dialectal) kyhky
  • Karelian: kyyhky

From *kühküinen:

  • Finnish: kyyhkynen, (dialectal) kyhkynen
  • Karelian: kyyhkyine

From *kühküläinen:

  • Finnish: kyyhkyläinen, (dialectal) kyhkyläinen
    • →? Estonian: (dialectal) kühkilane, kühklane
  • Ingrian: kyyhkyläin
  • Votic: tšüühküläine

From *kühkoi:

  • Karelian: kyyhköi
  • Livvi: kyyhköi
  • Ludian: küühköi, küuhköi

From [Term?]:

  • Veps: kühkjeine, kühkheine

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kyyhkynen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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