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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kandël
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Disputed; theories include:[1][2]
- borrowing from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian kokle and Lithuanian kanklės)[3]
- borrowing from Proto-Slavic *gondtlь
- independent derivation from *kantë- (“cover”)
- independent derivation from *kanta (“heel”).
Inflection
Inflection of *kandël
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kandël | *kantëlët | |
accusative | *kantëlën | *kantëlët | |
genitive | *kantëlën | *kandëldën *kantëlidën | |
partitive | *kandëlta | *kantëlita | |
inessive | *kantëlëssa *kantëlëhna |
*kantëlissa *kantëlihna | |
elative | *kantëlësta | *kantëlista | |
illative | *kantëlësën | *kantëlisën | |
adessive | *kantëlëlla | *kantëlilla | |
ablative | *kantëlëlta | *kantëlilta | |
allative | *kantëlëlën *kantëlëlëk |
*kantëlilën *kantëlilëk | |
essive | *kandëlla | *kantëlina | |
translative | *kantëlëksi | *kantëliksi | |
instructive | *kantëlën | *kantëlin | |
comitative | *kandëllëk | *kantëlinëk | |
abessive | *kantëlëtta | *kantëlitta |
Descendants
From *kandël:
- Estonian: kannel
- Finnish: kannel
- Ingrian: kannel
- Livonian: kāndla
- Veps: kandel
- Võro: kannõl'
- Votic: kannõl
From *kantëlëh:
Further reading
- “kannel”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
References
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210
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