Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ansa

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 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

*ansa

1. handle
2. loop
3. snare (trap)

Inflection

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

• Estonian: aas
• Finnish: ansa
• Ingrian: ansa
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: anša
  • South Karelian: anža
• Livonian: ǭz
• Livvi: anzu
• Võro: aas
• Votic: (Kattila, Mati) aasa

Further reading

• “aas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012