Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaihas
Proto-Finnic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. The descendants that split later than Livonian and Võro use the form *keihäs instead, with a later sporadic shift *ai > *ei (compare *haina, *laipa, *saibas, *saina).
Noun edit
*kaihas
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kaihas
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 | *kaihas | *kaihahët | |
accusative | *kaihahën | *kaihahët | |
genitive | *kaihahën | *kaihastën *kaihahidën | |
partitive | *kaihasta | *kaihahita | |
inessive | *kaihahëssa *kaihahëhna |
*kaihahissa *kaihahihna | |
elative | *kaihahësta | *kaihahista | |
illative | *kaihahësën | *kaihahisën | |
adessive | *kaihahëlla | *kaihahilla | |
ablative | *kaihahëlta | *kaihahilta | |
allative | *kaihahëlën *kaihahëlëk |
*kaihahilën *kaihahilëk | |
essive | *kaihassa | *kaihahina | |
translative | *kaihahëksi | *kaihahiksi | |
instructive | *kaihahën | *kaihahin | |
comitative | *kaihassëk | *kaihahinëk | |
abessive | *kaihahëtta | *kaihahitta |