Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalsu

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

Unknown.

Adjective

*kalsu (Northern Finnic)

  1. dull, blunt (axe, scythe, knife etc.)
    Synonyms: *nürhi, *tülccä, *tülppä

Inflection

Inflection of *kalsu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kalsu *kalsut
accusative *kalsun *kalsut
genitive *kalsun *kalsudën
*kalsuidën
partitive *kalsuda *kalsuida
inessive *kalsussa
*kalsuhna 		*kalsuissa
*kalsuihna
elative *kalsusta *kalsuista
illative *kalsuhën *kalsuihën
adessive *kalsulla *kalsuilla
ablative *kalsulta *kalsuilta
allative *kalsulën
*kalsulëk 		*kalsuilën
*kalsuilëk
essive *kalsuna *kalsuina
translative *kalsuksi *kalsuiksi
instructive *kalsun *kalsuin
comitative *kalsunëk *kalsuinëk
abessive *kalsutta *kalsuitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: (dialectal) kalsu, kalso
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kalšu
  • Veps: kauz, kalz

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kalso”, 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
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