Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kisa

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiśɜ (“competition, game”) (whence Hungarian küzd).

Noun

*kisa

1. game, play, competition
2. ruckus, noise, shout

Inflection

Inflection of *kisa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kisa	*kisat
accusative		*kisan	*kisat
genitive		*kisan	*kisadën *kisoidën
partitive		*kisada	*kisoida
inessive		*kisassa *kisahna	*kisoissa *kisoihna
elative		*kisasta	*kisoista
illative		*kisahën	*kisoihën
adessive		*kisalla	*kisoilla
ablative		*kisalta	*kisoilta
allative		*kisalën *kisalëk	*kisoilën *kisoilëk
essive		*kisana	*kisoina
translative		*kisaksi	*kisoiksi
instructive		*kisan	*kisoin
comitative		*kisanëk	*kisoinëk
abessive		*kisatta	*kisoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kisa
• Finnish: kisa
  • → Northern Sami: gissa
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kisa
  • South Karelian: kiza
• Livonian: kizā
• Livvi: kiža
• Võro: kisa

Further reading

• “kisa”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #447 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.