Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kindas

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

From earlier *kimtas, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kimdas (whence Latvian cimds).

Noun

*kindas

1. glove, mitten

Inflection

Inflection of *kindas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kindas	*kindahët
accusative		*kindahën	*kindahët
genitive		*kindahën	*kindastën *kindahidën
partitive		*kindasta	*kindahita
inessive		*kindahëssa *kindahëhna	*kindahissa *kindahihna
elative		*kindahësta	*kindahista
illative		*kindahësën	*kindahisën
adessive		*kindahëlla	*kindahilla
ablative		*kindahëlta	*kindahilta
allative		*kindahëlën *kindahëlëk	*kindahilën *kindahilëk
essive		*kindassa	*kindahina
translative		*kindahëksi	*kindahiksi
instructive		*kindahën	*kindahin
comitative		*kindassëk	*kindahinëk
abessive		*kindahëtta	*kindahitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kinnas
• Finnish: kinnas
• Ingrian: kinnas
• Karelian: kinnaš
• Livonian: kīndaz
• Ludian: kindaz
• Veps: kindaz
• Võro: kinnas
• Votic: tšinnõz

Further reading

• “kinnas”, 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), “kinnas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN