Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kokka

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *koakkē. Further origin unclear. Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kokka or alternatively, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz.

Noun

*kokka

1. hook

Inflection

Inflection of *kokka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kokka	*kok'at
accusative		*kok'an	*kok'at
genitive		*kok'an	*kokkadën *kokkëidën
partitive		*kokkada	*kokkëida
inessive		*kok'assa *kok'ahna	*kok'ëissa *kok'ëihna
elative		*kok'asta	*kok'ëista
illative		*kokkahën	*kokkëihën
adessive		*kok'alla	*kok'ëilla
ablative		*kok'alta	*kok'ëilta
allative		*kokkalën *kokkalëk	*kokkëilën *kokkëilëk
essive		*kokkana	*kokkëina
translative		*kok'aksi	*kok'ëiksi
instructive		*kok'an	*kok'ëin
comitative		*kokkanëk	*kokkëinëk
abessive		*kok'atta	*kok'ëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kokk (dialectal)
• Finnish: kokka
• Ingrian: kokka
• Karelian: kokka
• Livvi: kokku
• Ludian: kokk
• Veps: kok
• Votic: kokkõ

Further reading

• Entry #337 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kokka”, 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