Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ansa
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *ansā (whence Latvian osa, Lithuanian ąsa and Old Prussian ansis), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (compare Latin ānsa). Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuossē.
Noun edit
*ansa[1]
Inflection edit
Inflection of *ansa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ansa | *ansat | |
| accusative | *ansan | *ansat | |
| genitive | *ansan | *ansadën *ansoidën | |
| partitive | *ansada | *ansoida | |
| inessive | *ansassa *ansahna |
*ansoissa *ansoihna | |
| elative | *ansasta | *ansoista | |
| illative | *ansahën | *ansoihën | |
| adessive | *ansalla | *ansoilla | |
| ablative | *ansalta | *ansoilta | |
| allative | *ansalën *ansalëk |
*ansoilën *ansoilëk | |
| essive | *ansana | *ansoina | |
| translative | *ansaksi | *ansoiksi | |
| instructive | *ansan | *ansoin | |
| comitative | *ansanëk | *ansoinëk | |
| abessive | *ansatta | *ansoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: aas
- Finnish: ansa
- Ingrian: ansa
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ǭz
- Livvi: anzu
- Võro: aas
- Votic: (Kattila, Mati) aasa
References edit
Further reading edit
- “aas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012