Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaisila

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gaisilaz (“staff, whip”) (whence German Geißel and Swedish gissel).

Noun

*kaisila

  1. bulrush
  2. reed

Inflection

Inflection of *kaisila
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kaisila *kaisilat
accusative *kaisilan *kaisilat
genitive *kaisilan *kaisiladën
*kaisiloidën
partitive *kaisilata *kaisiloita
inessive *kaisilassa
*kaisilahna 		*kaisiloissa
*kaisiloihna
elative *kaisilasta *kaisiloista
illative *kaisilasën *kaisiloisën
adessive *kaisilalla *kaisiloilla
ablative *kaisilalta *kaisiloilta
allative *kaisilalën
*kaisilalëk 		*kaisiloilën
*kaisiloilëk
essive *kaisilana *kaisiloina
translative *kaisilaksi *kaisiloiksi
instructive *kaisilan *kaisiloin
comitative *kaisilanëk *kaisiloinëk
abessive *kaisilatta *kaisiloitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: kaisel
  • Finnish: kaisla, (dialectal) kahila, kahilas, kahla, kaihila, kaihla, kaila, kaisila, kasila
  • Ingrian: glaisa, klaiza
  • Karelian:
    North Karelian: kaisla
    South Karelian: kazla, kažla
  • Livvi: kažlu
  • Ludian: kažl
  • Votic: glaizõ

Further reading

  • “kaisel”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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