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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kacku

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 *kačka- (“to bite”) +‎ *-u.

Noun

*kacku

  1. reek, smell of burning

Inflection
Inflection of *kacku
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kacku *kackut
accusative *kackun *kackut
genitive *kackun *kackudën
*kackuidën
partitive *kackuda *kackuida
inessive *kackussa
*kackuhna		 *kackuissa
*kackuihna
elative *kackusta *kackuista
illative *kackuhën *kackuihën
adessive *kackulla *kackuilla
ablative *kackulta *kackuilta
allative *kackulën
*kackulëk		 *kackuilën
*kackuilëk
essive *kackuna *kackuina
translative *kackuksi *kackuiksi
instructive *kackun *kackuin
comitative *kackunëk *kackuinëk
abessive *kackutta *kackuitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: katk (“plague”)
  • Finnish: katku
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kačku
    • South Karelian: kačku, kuačku
  • Livvi: kačku, kuačku
  • Ludian: kuačk
  • Veps: kačk
  • Võro: katsk (“plague”)

Further reading
  • “katk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1259 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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