Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hukka

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

Unclear. The word been compared to Proto-Germanic *sukka- (“noise, disturbance”) on one hand, and Komi чыкны (ćykny, “to lose”), Udmurt чыкйыны (ćykjyny, “to be soiled”) on the other. Both comparisons would require an earlier form *šukka (in the latter case in turn from earlier *čukka).

The word has later developed a tabooistic meaning "wolf" in Ludic, Livvi, Karelian and eastern dialects of Finnish, largely replacing *suci.

Noun

*hukka

1. loss
2. ruin, destruction

Inflection

Inflection of *hukka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hukka	*huk'at
accusative		*huk'an	*huk'at
genitive		*huk'an	*hukkadën *hukkëidën
partitive		*hukkada	*hukkëida
inessive		*huk'assa *huk'ahna	*huk'ëissa *huk'ëihna
elative		*huk'asta	*huk'ëista
illative		*hukkahën	*hukkëihën
adessive		*huk'alla	*huk'ëilla
ablative		*huk'alta	*huk'ëilta
allative		*hukkalën *hukkalëk	*hukkëilën *hukkëilëk
essive		*hukkana	*hukkëina
translative		*huk'aksi	*huk'ëiksi
instructive		*huk'an	*huk'ëin
comitative		*hukkanëk	*hukkëinëk
abessive		*huk'atta	*huk'ëitta

Derived terms

• *huk'at'ak
• *hukkudak

Descendants

• Estonian: hukk
• Finnish: hukka
• Ingrian: hukka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: hukka
  • South Karelian: hukka
• Livonian: *hukkahën > ukkõ, *huk'assa > ukās
  • → Latvian: ukā
• Livvi: hukku
• Ludian: hukk
• Võro: *hukkahën > hukan
• Votic: (Kattila) ukkõ

References

• “hukk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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