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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kükkü

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 borrowed and derived from Proto-Germanic *hūkaną; alternatively sound-symbolic.

Noun

*kükkü

  1. squat (bended position)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kükk
  • Finnish: kyykky, (dialectal) kykky
  • Ingrian: kykky
  • Karelian:
  • Võro: kükk

Further reading

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