Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kic'as

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

Unknown. Has been variously and inconclusively connected with Germanic and Baltic.

Adjective

*kic'as

1. narrow

   Synonyms: *ahtas, *kaita

Inflection

Inflection of *kic'as

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kic'as	*kiccahët
accusative		*kiccahën	*kiccahët
genitive		*kiccahën	*kic'astën *kiccahidën
partitive		*kic'asta	*kiccahita
inessive		*kiccahëssa *kiccahëhna	*kiccahissa *kiccahihna
elative		*kiccahësta	*kiccahista
illative		*kiccahësën	*kiccahisën
adessive		*kiccahëlla	*kiccahilla
ablative		*kiccahëlta	*kiccahilta
allative		*kiccahëlën *kiccahëlëk	*kiccahilën *kiccahilëk
essive		*kic'assa	*kiccahina
translative		*kiccahëksi	*kiccahiksi
instructive		*kiccahën	*kiccahin
comitative		*kic'assëk	*kiccahinëk
abessive		*kiccahëtta	*kiccahitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kitsas
  • →? Votic: kitsaz
• Finnish: kitsas
• Ingrian: kitsas
• Livonian: kitsāz
• Võro: kitsas

Further reading

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