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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kangas

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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

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Etymology 1

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Likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (compare Danish gang (forty warp threads), Middle High German ganc (warp count (in weaving)), Middle Low German ganc (warp count (in weaving))) and/or Proto-Germanic *hangaz (hanging) (as in "fabric still hanging in the loom").[1]

Noun

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*kangas[2]

  1. cloth, fabric
Inflection
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Descendants
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References

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  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kangas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • kangas”, 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), “kangas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[2] (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

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (way, passage).[1]

Noun

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*kangas

  1. dry ground?
Inflection
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Descendants
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  • Estonian: kangur (pile of rocks), kanger
  • Finnish: kangas (kind of dry soil with moraine and podzol; boreal forest)
  • Ingrian: kangas (kind of dry soil with moraine and podzol; boreal forest)
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kankas (kind of dry soil with moraine and podzol; boreal forest)
    • South Karelian: kangas (kind of dry soil with moraine and podzol; boreal forest)
  • Livonian: kāngar (ridge (e.g. Curonian dune ridge))
    • Latvian: kangars (hillcrest, dune crest)
  • Livvi: kangas (kind of dry soil with moraine and podzol; boreal forest)
  • Ludian: kangaz (kind of dry soil with moraine and podzol)
  • Veps: kangaz (dry uneven ground)
  • Votic: kangõz (moor)

References

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  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Further reading

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  • kangur”, 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), “kangas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[3] (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