Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kandël
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Disputed; theories include:[1][2]
- borrowing from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian kokle and Lithuanian kanklės)[3]
- borrowing from Proto-Slavic *gondtlь
- independent derivation from *kantë- (“cover”)
- independent derivation from *kanta (“heel”).
Noun edit
*kandël
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kandël
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kandël | *kantëlët | |
| accusative | *kantëlën | *kantëlët | |
| genitive | *kantëlën | *kandëldën *kantëlidën | |
| partitive | *kandëlta | *kantëlita | |
| inessive | *kantëlëssa *kantëlëhna |
*kantëlissa *kantëlihna | |
| elative | *kantëlësta | *kantëlista | |
| illative | *kantëlësën | *kantëlisën | |
| adessive | *kantëlëlla | *kantëlilla | |
| ablative | *kantëlëlta | *kantëlilta | |
| allative | *kantëlëlën *kantëlëlëk |
*kantëlilën *kantëlilëk | |
| essive | *kandëlla | *kantëlina | |
| translative | *kantëlëksi | *kantëliksi | |
| instructive | *kantëlën | *kantëlin | |
| comitative | *kandëllëk | *kantëlinëk | |
| abessive | *kantëlëtta | *kantëlitta | |
Descendants edit
From *kandël:
- Estonian: kannel
- Finnish: kannel
- Ingrian: kannel
- Livonian: kāndla
- Veps: kandel
- Võro: kannõl'
- Votic: kannõl
From *kantëlëh:
Further reading edit
- “kannel”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
References edit
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210