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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).[1]

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]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

References
  1. Junttila, Santeri. The prehistoric context of the oldest contacts between Baltic and Finnic languages. SUST 266 (2012)
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