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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kunta

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-Ugric *kunta. Cognates include Hungarian had (“army”).

Noun

*kunta[1]

  1. community; group of people

Inflection
Inflection of *kunta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kunta *kundat
accusative *kundan *kundat
genitive *kundan *kuntadën
*kuntëidën
partitive *kuntada *kuntëida
inessive *kundassa
*kundahna		 *kundëissa
*kundëihna
elative *kundasta *kundëista
illative *kuntahën *kuntëihën
adessive *kundalla *kundëilla
ablative *kundalta *kundëilta
allative *kuntalën
*kuntalëk		 *kuntëilën
*kuntëilëk
essive *kuntana *kuntëina
translative *kundaksi *kundëiksi
instructive *kundan *kundëin
comitative *kuntanëk *kuntëinëk
abessive *kundatta *kundëitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: -kond
  • Finnish: kunta
  • Ingrian: -kunta
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: -kunta
    • South Karelian: -kunda
  • Livonian: -gõnd
  • Livvi: kundu, -kundu
  • Ludian: -kund
  • Veps: -kund
  • Võro: -kund
  • Votic: kuntõ (Jõgõperä), -kuntõ

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kunta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “-kond”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #400 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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