Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kontija
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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
Several possible origins have been proposed, including:
- A loan from a Sami language; compare Proto-Samic *kuomčë (“bear”), which could itself be a substrate word.[1] The sound substition *č → *ti would be unusual, but has a small number of parallels.
- *kontidak + *-ja, a taboo formation meaning "the slow walker".
Aikio (2009) argues that given the exact semantic match, the first explanation should be preferred.
A large number of additional hypotheses have been explored by Oksanen (2007).
Noun edit
*kontija
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kontija
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kontija | *kontijat | |
| accusative | *kontijan | *kontijat | |
| genitive | *kontijan | *kontijadën *kontijoidën | |
| partitive | *kontijata | *kontijoita | |
| inessive | *kontijassa *kontijahna |
*kontijoissa *kontijoihna | |
| elative | *kontijasta | *kontijoista | |
| illative | *kontijasën | *kontijoisën | |
| adessive | *kontijalla | *kontijoilla | |
| ablative | *kontijalta | *kontijoilta | |
| allative | *kontijalën *kontijalëk |
*kontijoilën *kontijoilëk | |
| essive | *kontijana | *kontijoina | |
| translative | *kontijaksi | *kontijoiksi | |
| instructive | *kontijan | *kontijoin | |
| comitative | *kontijanëk | *kontijoinëk | |
| abessive | *kontijatta | *kontijoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Finnish: kontio, (dialectal) kontia
- → Estonian: (dialectal) konja
- Karelian:
- Livvi: kondii
- Ludian: kondii
- Veps: kondi
References edit
- ^ Aikio, Ante. 2012. "An essay on Saami ethnolinguistic prehistory."
- Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- Oksanen, Auli. 2007. Karhu, kontio, ohto ja otso. Etymologinen tutkimus ('An etymological study'). Master's thesis. University of Helsinki.