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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kosidak

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

Unknown.

Verb

*kosidak (stem *kosi-)[1]

  1. to propose marriage; to ask to marry

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kosima/kosida
  • Finnish: kosia
  • Ingrian: kossia
  • Livonian: kuo’žžõ
  • Võro: kosima/kossiq
  • Votic: kossia, (Jõgõperä) kozʹzʹoa

From *kosit'ak:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) kosita
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kozita
  • Ludian: kožita
  • Veps: kozita

References

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

Further reading

  • kosima”, 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), “kosia”, 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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