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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hukka

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

Unclear. The word been compared to Proto-Germanic *sukka- (“noise, disturbance”) on one hand, and Komi чыкны (ćykny, “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
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hukka *huk'at
accusative *huk'an *huk'at
genitive *huk'an *hukkadën
*hukkëidën
partitive *hukkada *hukkëida
inessive *huk'assa
*huk'ahna		 *huk'ëissa
*huk'ëihna
elative *huk'asta *huk'ëista
illative *hukkahën *hukkëihën
adessive *huk'alla *huk'ëilla
ablative *huk'alta *huk'ëilta
allative *hukkalën
*hukkalëk		 *hukkëilën
*hukkëilëk
essive *hukkana *hukkëina
translative *huk'aksi *huk'ëiksi
instructive *huk'an *huk'ëin
comitative *hukkanëk *hukkëinëk
abessive *huk'atta *huk'ëitta

Derived terms

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

References
  • “hukk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • 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) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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