Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kampsu

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

Probably sound-symbolic.

Noun

*kampsu

1. item, thing
2. (usually in the plural) luggage, stuff

Inflection

Inflection of *kampsu

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kampsu	*kampsut
accusative		*kampsun	*kampsut
genitive		*kampsun	*kampsudën *kampsuidën
partitive		*kampsuda	*kampsuida
inessive		*kampsussa *kampsuhna	*kampsuissa *kampsuihna
elative		*kampsusta	*kampsuista
illative		*kampsuhën	*kampsuihën
adessive		*kampsulla	*kampsuilla
ablative		*kampsulta	*kampsuilta
allative		*kampsulën *kampsulëk	*kampsuilën *kampsuilëk
essive		*kampsuna	*kampsuina
translative		*kampsuksi	*kampsuiksi
instructive		*kampsun	*kampsuin
comitative		*kampsunëk	*kampsuinëk
abessive		*kampsutta	*kampsuitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kamps
• Finnish: kampsu
  • → Karelian:
    • South Karelian: kamssu
  • → Livvi: kamsut pl
• Ingrian: kampsu
• Livonian: kams

Further reading

• “kamps”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kampsu”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN