Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kontija

Etymology
Several possible origins have been proposed, including: Aikio (2009) argues that given the exact semantic match, the first explanation should be preferred.
 * 1) A loan from a  language; compare 🇨🇬, which could itself be a  word. The sound substition *č → *ti would be unusual, but has a small number of parallels.
 * , a taboo formation meaning "the slow walker".

A large number of additional hypotheses have been explored by Oksanen (2007).

Noun

 * 1)  bear

Descendants

 * North Karelian:
 * South Karelian:
 * North Karelian:
 * South Karelian:
 * South Karelian: