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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuru

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 earlier *kuri +‎ *-u, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kure.

Noun

*kuru[1]

  1. narrow place or passage
  2. gorge, ravine

Inflection
Inflection of *kuru
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kuru *kurut
accusative *kurun *kurut
genitive *kurun *kurudën
*kuruidën
partitive *kuruda *kuruida
inessive *kurussa
*kuruhna		 *kuruissa
*kuruihna
elative *kurusta *kuruista
illative *kuruhën *kuruihën
adessive *kurulla *kuruilla
ablative *kurulta *kuruilta
allative *kurulën
*kurulëk		 *kuruilën
*kuruilëk
essive *kuruna *kuruina
translative *kuruksi *kuruiksi
instructive *kurun *kuruin
comitative *kurunëk *kuruinëk
abessive *kurutta *kuruitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: kuru
  • Finnish: kuru
  • Võro: kuru
  • → Proto-Samic: *kurë (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: курья (kurʹja)

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kuru”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “kuru”, 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), “kuru”, 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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