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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/käki

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 *kiekë, either from a Baltic language (compare Lithuanian gegė, gegužė) or an onomatopoeia.

Noun

*käki

  1. cuckoo (bird)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kägi
  • Finnish: käki
  • Ingrian: käki
  • Karelian: käki, kägi
  • Livonian: kä'g, ke'g
  • Livvi: (rare) kägi
  • Ludian: kägi
  • Veps: kägi

From *käkoi:

Further reading

  • kägu in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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