Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaasa
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly ultimately from *kansa.
Noun
*kaasa[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kaasa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kaasa | *kaasat | |
| accusative | *kaasan | *kaasat | |
| genitive | *kaasan | *kaasadën *kaasoidën | |
| partitive | *kaasada | *kaasoida | |
| inessive | *kaasassa *kaasahna |
*kaasoissa *kaasoihna | |
| elative | *kaasasta | *kaasoista | |
| illative | *kaasahën | *kaasoihën | |
| adessive | *kaasalla | *kaasoilla | |
| ablative | *kaasalta | *kaasoilta | |
| allative | *kaasalën *kaasalëk |
*kaasoilën *kaasoilëk | |
| essive | *kaasana | *kaasoina | |
| translative | *kaasaksi | *kaasoiksi | |
| instructive | *kaasan | *kaasoin | |
| comitative | *kaasanëk | *kaasoinëk | |
| abessive | *kaasatta | *kaasoitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: (dialectal, rare) kaasa
From *kaaso (+ *-o):
- Finnish: kaaso
From *kaasikkoi (+ *-kkoi):
- Estonian: kaasik
- Võro: kaasik
From *kaasikka (+ *-kka):
- Votic: kaazikkõ
- →? Ingrian: kaasikke
Further reading
- “kaasik”, 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), “kaaso”, 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