Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanki
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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
Possibly from the same root as *kankëda (“stiff, rigid”).
Noun edit
*kanki
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kanki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kanki | *kangët | |
| accusative | *kangën | *kangët | |
| genitive | *kangën | *kankëdën *kankidën | |
| partitive | *kankëda | *kankida | |
| inessive | *kangëssa *kangëhna |
*kangissa *kangihna | |
| elative | *kangësta | *kangista | |
| illative | *kankëhën | *kankihën | |
| adessive | *kangëlla | *kangilla | |
| ablative | *kangëlta | *kangilta | |
| allative | *kankëlën *kankëlëk |
*kankilën *kankilëk | |
| essive | *kankëna | *kankina | |
| translative | *kangëksi | *kangiksi | |
| instructive | *kangën | *kangin | |
| comitative | *kankënëk | *kankinëk | |
| abessive | *kangëtta | *kangitta | |
Related terms edit
- ? *kankëda
Descendants edit
- Estonian: kang
- Finnish: kanki
- Ingrian: kanki
- Karelian: (Northern) kanki, (Southern) kangi
- Livvi: kangi
- Ludian: kang
- Veps: kang
- Võro: kang'
- → Lule Sami: gágga
- → Northern Sami: gágga
Further reading edit
- “kang”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012