Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ku

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

From Proto-Uralic *ku or Proto-Uralic *ko-. Northern Finnic languages show a pattern of suffixing the nominative singular with *-ka.

Pronoun

*ku

who, what (interrogative)

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*kumpi

Descendants

⇒ Estonian: kui, kuid, kuidas, kuna, kunagi, kus, kuhu, kust, kuni
⇒ Finnish: kuka (obsolete in most case forms), kun, kuin, kuinka, kukin, kukaan, kulloin, kuten
Ingrian: ku, ⇒ kuka, kuin, kunis
Karelian:
- North Karelian: ku
- South Karelian: ku
⇒ Veps: kuna, kunasai, kuhusai, kus, kuspäi, kut, kuti
⇒ Võro: kua, kuas
⇒ Votic: ku, kuall, kualtõ, kuhan, kuhõõ, kui, kuile, kuimõnd, kuini, kuippäi, kuika, kuhõz (Kattila), kuibõ (Kattila)

External links

Sergei Starostin

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