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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurmicca

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-Finno-Permic [Term?] (whence also Eastern Mari: [script needed] (kurmə̑zak)), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin and probably with the suffix + *-icca.

Noun

*kurmicca

  1. woodcock, snipe

Inflection

Descendants

From *kurmicca:

  • Finnish: kurmitsa
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: kurmičča
  • Livvi: kurmičču, kurmoi

From *kurbicca:

  • Estonian: kurvits, (dialectal) kurbits
  • Finnish: (dialectal) kurvitsa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kurvičča
    • South Karelian: kurvičča
  • Ludian: suogurbič
  • Veps: gurbič
  • Võro: kurvits

Further reading

  • kurvits”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kurppa”, 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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