Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kansa
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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
Borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *hansā, later *hansō. Cognate with Proto-Samic *kuossē.
Noun
*kansa
Inflection
Inflection of *kansa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kansa | *kansat | |
| accusative | *kansan | *kansat | |
| genitive | *kansan | *kansadën *kansoidën | |
| partitive | *kansada | *kansoida | |
| inessive | *kansassa *kansahna |
*kansoissa *kansoihna | |
| elative | *kansasta | *kansoista | |
| illative | *kansahën | *kansoihën | |
| adessive | *kansalla | *kansoilla | |
| ablative | *kansalta | *kansoilta | |
| allative | *kansalën *kansalëk |
*kansoilën *kansoilëk | |
| essive | *kansana | *kansoina | |
| translative | *kansaksi | *kansoiksi | |
| instructive | *kansan | *kansoin | |
| comitative | *kansanëk | *kansoinëk | |
| abessive | *kansatta | *kansoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kaasa, (dialectal) kaas
- Finnish: kansa
- Ingrian: kansa
- → Votic: kansõ
- Livonian: kǭz- (in compound: kǭzgõnd (“wedding”)) (< *kansakunta)
- Vidzeme Livonian: kāzen, kāzned
- Karelian: (Northern) kansa, (Southern) kanza
- Livvi: kanzu
- Veps: kanz
- ⇒ Votic: kaaz, kaa
- Võro: kaasa
- → Proto-Samic: *kāncē
Further reading
- “kaasas”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012