Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kandus
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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]Noun
[edit]*kandus
- spur (appendage near the foot)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kandus
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kandus | *kanduksët | |
| accusative | *kanduksën | *kanduksët | |
| genitive | *kanduksën | *kandustën *kanduksidën | |
| partitive | *kandusta | *kanduksita | |
| inessive | *kanduksëssa *kanduksëhna |
*kanduksissa *kanduksihna | |
| elative | *kanduksësta | *kanduksista | |
| illative | *kanduksësën | *kanduksisën | |
| adessive | *kanduksëlla | *kanduksilla | |
| ablative | *kanduksëlta | *kanduksilta | |
| allative | *kanduksëlën *kanduksëlëk |
*kanduksilën *kanduksilëk | |
| essive | *kandussa | *kanduksina | |
| translative | *kanduksëksi | *kanduksiksi | |
| instructive | *kanduksën | *kanduksin | |
| comitative | *kandussëk | *kanduksinëk | |
| abessive | *kanduksëtta | *kanduksitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: kannus
- Finnish: kannus
- Ingrian: kannus
- Karelian: kannus
- Livonian: kāndõks
- Livvi: kannus
- Veps: -kandus (in compound: kukiinkandus?)
- Võro: kannus
- Votic: kannuz
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kannus”, 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