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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hukka

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Unclear. The word been compared to Proto-Germanic *sukka- (“noise, disturbance”) on one hand, and Komi чыкны (čykny, “to lose”), Udmurt чыкйыны (ćykjyny, “to be soiled”) on the other. Both comparisons would require an earlier form *šukka (in the latter case in turn from earlier *čukka).

The word has later developed a tabooistic meaning "wolf" in Ludic, Livvi, Karelian and eastern dialects of Finnish, largely replacing *suci.

Noun

*hukka

  1. loss
  2. ruin, destruction

Inflection
Inflection of *hukka
singular plural
nominative *hukka *huk'at
accusative *huk'an *huk'at
genitive *huk'an *hukkaden
*hukkeiden
partitive *hukkada *hukkeida
inessive *huk'assa *huk'eissa
elative *huk'asta *huk'eista
illative *hukkahen *hukkeihen
adessive *huk'alla *huk'eilla
ablative *huk'alta *huk'eilta
allative *hukkalek *hukkeilek
essive *hukkana *hukkeina
translative *huk'aksi *huk'eiksi
instructive *huk'an *huk'ein
comitative *hukkanek *hukkeinek
abessive *huk'akta *huk'eikta

Derived terms
  • *huk'at'ak
  • *hukkudak

Descendants
  • Estonian: hukk
  • Finnish: hukka
  • Ingrian: hukka
  • Karelian: hukka
  • Livonian: *hukkahen > ukkõ, *huk'assa > ukās
    • → Latvian: ukā
  • Livvi: hukku
  • Ludian: hukk
  • Võro: *hukkahen > hukan
  • Votic: ukka

References
  • hukk in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish etymological dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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