Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kansa

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

Borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *hansā, later *hansō. Cognate with Proto-Samic *kuossē.

Noun edit

*kansa

  1. people, folk
    Synonym: *rahvas, *väki
  2. companion

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: kaasa, (dialectal) kaas
  • Finnish: kansa
  • Ingrian: kansa
  • Livonian: kǭz- (in compound: kǭzgõnd (wedding)) (< *kansakunta)
    • Latvian: kāzas (wedding)
    • Latgalian: kuozys (wedding)
  • Karelian: (Northern) kansa, (Southern) kanza
  • Livvi: kanzu
  • Veps: kanz
  • Votic: kaaz, kaa
  • Võro: kaasa
  • Proto-Samic: *kāncē

Further reading edit

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