Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ku

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

From Proto-Uralic *ku or Proto-Uralic *ko-.

Pronoun

*ku

who, what (interrogative)

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*kumpa

Descendants

Estonian: kui, kuid, kuidas, kunagi, kus, kuhu
Finnish: kuka (obsolete in most case forms), kun, kuin, kuinka, kukin, kukaan, kulloin, kuten
Karelian: kuka, kunne
Veps: kuna, kunasai, kuhusai, kus, kuspäi, kut, kuti
Võro: kua/kuas
Votic: ku, kualla, kualta, kuhan, kuhõz, kuhõõ, kui, kuibõ, kuikaa, kuileeb, kuimõnta, kuinii, kuippäi

External links

Sergei Starostin

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