Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kangas
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Proto-Finnic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.
Noun[edit]
*kangas
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *kangas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kangas | *kankahët | |
accusative | *kankahën | *kankahët | |
genitive | *kankahën | *kangastën *kankahidën | |
partitive | *kangasta | *kankahita | |
inessive | *kankahëssa *kankahëhna |
*kankahissa *kankahihna | |
elative | *kankahësta | *kankahista | |
illative | *kankahësën | *kankahisën | |
adessive | *kankahëlla | *kankahilla | |
ablative | *kankahëlta | *kankahilta | |
allative | *kankahëlën *kankahëlëk |
*kankahilën *kankahilëk | |
essive | *kangassa | *kankahina | |
translative | *kankahëksi | *kankahiksi | |
instructive | *kankahën | *kankahin | |
comitative | *kangassëk | *kankahinëk | |
abessive | *kankahëtta | *kankahitta |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: kangas
- Finnish: kangas
- Ingrian: kangas, (Soikkola) kankas
- Karelian: kankas, kangas
- Livonian: kāngaz
- Livvi: kangas
- Ludian: kangaz
- Veps: kangaz
- Võro: kangas
- Votic: kangõz
Further reading[edit]
- “kangas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012