Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pënsas
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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
Probably from earlier *pënsa. Cognate with Proto-Samic *peassē. Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Baltic *benźas (compare Latvian biezs (“thick, dense”)).
Noun
*pënsas[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *pënsas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pënsas | *pënsahët | |
| accusative | *pënsahën | *pënsahët | |
| genitive | *pënsahën | *pënsastën *pënsahidën | |
| partitive | *pënsasta | *pënsahita | |
| inessive | *pënsahëssa *pënsahëhna |
*pënsahissa *pënsahihna | |
| elative | *pënsahësta | *pënsahista | |
| illative | *pënsahësën | *pënsahisën | |
| adessive | *pënsahëlla | *pënsahilla | |
| ablative | *pënsahëlta | *pënsahilta | |
| allative | *pënsahëlën *pënsahëlëk |
*pënsahilën *pënsahilëk | |
| essive | *pënsassa | *pënsahina | |
| translative | *pënsahëksi | *pënsahiksi | |
| instructive | *pënsahën | *pënsahin | |
| comitative | *pënsassëk | *pënsahinëk | |
| abessive | *pënsahëtta | *pënsahitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: põõsas
- Finnish: pensas
- Karelian: pensas
- Livonian: pȭzõ, pȭzõz
- Veps: penzaz
- Votic: (Mati, Kõrvõttula, Pontizõõ) põõzõz
- → Ingrian: peesas