Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanta
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanta. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanta, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanta in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanta you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanta will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanta, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
 |
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
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kanta.
Noun
*kanta[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kanta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kanta | *kandat | |
| accusative | *kandan | *kandat | |
| genitive | *kandan | *kantadën *kantoidën | |
| partitive | *kantada | *kantoida | |
| inessive | *kandassa *kandahna |
*kandoissa *kandoihna | |
| elative | *kandasta | *kandoista | |
| illative | *kantahën | *kantoihën | |
| adessive | *kandalla | *kandoilla | |
| ablative | *kandalta | *kandoilta | |
| allative | *kantalën *kantalëk |
*kantoilën *kantoilëk | |
| essive | *kantana | *kantoina | |
| translative | *kandaksi | *kandoiksi | |
| instructive | *kandan | *kandoin | |
| comitative | *kantanëk | *kantoinëk | |
| abessive | *kandatta | *kandoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kand
- Finnish: kanta
- → Northern Sami: gáddu
- Ingrian: kanta
- Karelian:
- Livonian: kūonda
- Livvi: kandu
- Ludian: kand
- Veps: kand
- Votic: kantõ
References
Further reading
- “kand”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #235 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kanta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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