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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koono

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

Borrowed either from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*skonu) (whence Faroese skon), or from Proto-Norse *ᚷᛟᚾᛟ (*gono) (whence Icelandic góna (snout)).

Noun

*koono

  1. snout, muzzle
    Synonym: *turpa

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: koon
  • Finnish: kuono
  • Votic: koono (Jõgõperä, Kattila, Mati)

Further reading

  • koon”, 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), “kuono”, 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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