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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kusa-

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-Permic *kusa.

Noun

*kusa-

  1. honeysuckle (Lonicera)

Descendants
  • Estonian: kusla- (in compound: kuslapuu) (< *kus-la)
  • Finnish: kuusama (< *kusa-ma); (dialectal) kuusain (< *kusa-in)
  • Ingrian: kuusan (< *kusa-in)
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kuusain (< *kusa-in)
    • South Karelian: kuuzain (< *kusa-in)
  • Livvi: kuuzain (< *kusa-in)
  • Ludian: kuudžain (< *kusa-in)
  • Võro: kusla- (in compound: kuslapuu) (< *kus-la)

Further reading
  • “kusla-”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1346 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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