Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaca
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editFrom earlier *kaća (related to Northern Sami geahčči (“point”)). Possibly an early loan from Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-. Has also been compared with Hungarian hegy (“mountain”), although this relation is unlikely.
Noun
edit*kaca
Inflection
editInflection of *kaca
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kaca | *kacat | |
accusative | *kacan | *kacat | |
genitive | *kacan | *kacadën *kacoidën | |
partitive | *kacada | *kacoida | |
inessive | *kacassa *kacahna |
*kacoissa *kacoihna | |
elative | *kacasta | *kacoista | |
illative | *kacahën | *kacoihën | |
adessive | *kacalla | *kacoilla | |
ablative | *kacalta | *kacoilta | |
allative | *kacalën *kacalëk |
*kacoilën *kacoilëk | |
essive | *kacana | *kacoina | |
translative | *kacaksi | *kacoiksi | |
instructive | *kacan | *kacoin | |
comitative | *kacanëk | *kacoinëk | |
abessive | *kacatta | *kacoitta |
Descendants
edit- Finnish: kasa
- Ingrian: kasa
- Karelian: kasa (Northern), kaza (Southern)
- Livvi: kaza
- Ludian: kaza
- Veps: kaza
- Võro: kadsa
Further reading
edit- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kasa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (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