Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kupsu
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly related to Proto-Samic *kuopsë (“milt”).
Noun
*kupsu[1]
- lung
- Synonym: *tävü
- swim bladder
- Synonym: *kupla
Inflection
Inflection of *kupsu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kupsu | *kupsut | |
| accusative | *kupsun | *kupsut | |
| genitive | *kupsun | *kupsudën *kupsuidën | |
| partitive | *kupsuda | *kupsuida | |
| inessive | *kupsussa *kupsuhna |
*kupsuissa *kupsuihna | |
| elative | *kupsusta | *kupsuista | |
| illative | *kupsuhën | *kupsuihën | |
| adessive | *kupsulla | *kupsuilla | |
| ablative | *kupsulta | *kupsuilta | |
| allative | *kupsulën *kupsulëk |
*kupsuilën *kupsuilëk | |
| essive | *kupsuna | *kupsuina | |
| translative | *kupsuksi | *kupsuiksi | |
| instructive | *kupsun | *kupsuin | |
| comitative | *kupsunëk | *kupsuinëk | |
| abessive | *kupsutta | *kupsuitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kops
- → Võro: kops
- → Votic: (Jõgõperä) kopsud pl, kopsõd pl
- Finnish: (dialectal) kupsu (“swim bladder”)
References
Further reading
- “kops”, 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), “kupsu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN