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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kokta

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

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *kopta. Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kokta (whence Latvian kakts (corner, nook), Lithuanian kakta (forehead)).

Noun

*kokta

  1. place, location, spot

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: koht
  • Finnish: kohta
  • Ingrian: kohta
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: kū’oḑi
  • Livvi: kohtu
  • Ludian: koht
  • Veps: koht
  • Võro: kotus
  • Votic: kõhtõ

Further reading

  • koht”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kohta”, in 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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