Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kampsu

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

According to SSA and EES, probably sound-symbolic.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*kampsu^[3]

item, thing
(usually in the plural) luggage, stuff

Inflection

Inflection of *kampsu

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*kampsu	*kampsut
accusative	*kampsun	*kampsut
genitive	*kampsun	kampsudën kampsuidën
partitive	*kampsuda	*kampsuida
inessive	kampsussa kampsuhna	kampsuissa kampsuihna
elative	*kampsusta	*kampsuista
illative	*kampsuhën	*kampsuihën
adessive	*kampsulla	*kampsuilla
ablative	*kampsulta	*kampsuilta
allative	kampsulën kampsulëk	kampsuilën kampsuilëk
essive	*kampsuna	*kampsuina
translative	*kampsuksi	*kampsuiksi
instructive	*kampsun	*kampsuin
comitative	*kampsunëk	*kampsuinëk
abessive	*kampsutta	*kampsuitta

Descendants

Estonian: kamps
Finnish: kampsu
- → Karelian:
  - South Karelian: kamssu
- → Livvi: kamsut pl
Ingrian: kampsu
Livonian: kams

References

^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kampsu”, 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
^ “kamps”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kampsu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

[1] Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kampsu”, 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

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

[3] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kampsu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

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