Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kindas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *kimtas, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kimdas (whence Latvian cimds).[1]
Noun
*kindas[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *kindas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kindas | *kindahët | |
| accusative | *kindahën | *kindahët | |
| genitive | *kindahën | *kindastën *kindahidën | |
| partitive | *kindasta | *kindahita | |
| inessive | *kindahëssa *kindahëhna |
*kindahissa *kindahihna | |
| elative | *kindahësta | *kindahista | |
| illative | *kindahësën | *kindahisën | |
| adessive | *kindahëlla | *kindahilla | |
| ablative | *kindahëlta | *kindahilta | |
| allative | *kindahëlën *kindahëlëk |
*kindahilën *kindahilëk | |
| essive | *kindassa | *kindahina | |
| translative | *kindahëksi | *kindahiksi | |
| instructive | *kindahën | *kindahin | |
| comitative | *kindassëk | *kindahinëk | |
| abessive | *kindahëtta | *kindahitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kinnas
- Finnish: kinnas
- Ingrian: kinnas
- Karelian: kinnaš
- Livonian: kīndaz
- Ludian: kindaz
- Veps: kindaz
- Võro: kinnas
- Votic: tšinnõz
Further reading
- “kinnas”, 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), “kinnas”, 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