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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kita

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kata.

Noun

*kita

  1. throat, pharynx, mouth

Inflection
Inflection of *kita
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kita *kidat
accusative *kidan *kidat
genitive *kidan *kitadën
*kitoidën
partitive *kitada *kitoida
inessive *kidassa
*kidahna		 *kidoissa
*kidoihna
elative *kidasta *kidoista
illative *kitahën *kitoihën
adessive *kidalla *kidoilla
ablative *kidalta *kidoilta
allative *kitalën
*kitalëk		 *kitoilën
*kitoilëk
essive *kitana *kitoina
translative *kidaksi *kidoiksi
instructive *kidan *kidoin
comitative *kitanëk *kitoinëk
abessive *kidatta *kidoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: kida
  • Finnish: kita
  • Karelian: (Northern) kita, (Southern) kida
  • ⇒ Livonian: kidūd pl
    • → Latvian: ķidas
  • Livvi: kida
  • Ludian: kida
  • Veps: kida

Further reading
  • “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.
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