Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kindik

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 *kinte- +‎ *-ik. Further related to Proto-Samic *kintëk (whence Northern Sami gitta). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb

*kindik

1. (into being) attached or fixed (to)

Related terms

• *kintedä

Descendants

• Estonian: kinni
• ⇒ Estonian: kindel (from *kintelä < *kinte- + *-lä?)
• Finnish: kiinni
• Ingrian: kiin, kiini
• Karelian: kiini
• Ludian: kińd
• Võro: kinniq
• Votic: tšiin, tšiini

Further reading

• “kindel”, 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), “kiinni”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN