Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaihas
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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]From earlier *kaišas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. The descendants that split later than Livonian and Võro use the form *keihäs instead, with a later sporadic shift *ai > *ei (compare *haina, *laipa, *saibas, *saina). Doublet of *kaira.
Noun
[edit]*kaihas (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kaihas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kaihas | *kaihahët | |
| accusative | *kaihahën | *kaihahët | |
| genitive | *kaihahën | *kaihastën *kaihahidën | |
| partitive | *kaihasta | *kaihahita | |
| inessive | *kaihahëssa *kaihahëhna |
*kaihahissa *kaihahihna | |
| elative | *kaihahësta | *kaihahista | |
| illative | *kaihahësën | *kaihahisën | |
| adessive | *kaihahëlla | *kaihahilla | |
| ablative | *kaihahëlta | *kaihahilta | |
| allative | *kaihahëlën *kaihahëlëk |
*kaihahilën *kaihahilëk | |
| essive | *kaihassa | *kaihahina | |
| translative | *kaihahëksi | *kaihahiksi | |
| instructive | *kaihahën | *kaihahin | |
| comitative | *kaihassëk | *kaihahinëk | |
| abessive | *kaihahëtta | *kaihahitta | |
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “keihäs”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN