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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanto
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kënta-w, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *skandʰás (compare Sanskrit स्कन्ध (skandhá)). Related to Proto-Samic *kuontōj.
Inflection
Inflection of *kanto
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kanto | *kandot | |
| accusative | *kandon | *kandot | |
| genitive | *kandon | *kantodën *kantoidën | |
| partitive | *kantoda | *kantoida | |
| inessive | *kandossa *kandohna |
*kandoissa *kandoihna | |
| elative | *kandosta | *kandoista | |
| illative | *kantohën | *kantoihën | |
| adessive | *kandolla | *kandoilla | |
| ablative | *kandolta | *kandoilta | |
| allative | *kantolën *kantolëk |
*kantoilën *kantoilëk | |
| essive | *kantona | *kantoina | |
| translative | *kandoksi | *kandoiksi | |
| instructive | *kandon | *kandoin | |
| comitative | *kantonëk | *kantoinëk | |
| abessive | *kandotta | *kandoitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “känd”, 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), 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
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