Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanki

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 the same root as *kankëda (“stiff, rigid”).

Noun

*kanki

1. bar, lever

Inflection

Inflection of *kanki

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kanki	*kangët
accusative		*kangën	*kangët
genitive		*kangën	*kankëdën *kankidën
partitive		*kankëda	*kankida
inessive		*kangëssa *kangëhna	*kangissa *kangihna
elative		*kangësta	*kangista
illative		*kankëhën	*kankihën
adessive		*kangëlla	*kangilla
ablative		*kangëlta	*kangilta
allative		*kankëlën *kankëlëk	*kankilën *kankilëk
essive		*kankëna	*kankina
translative		*kangëksi	*kangiksi
instructive		*kangën	*kangin
comitative		*kankënëk	*kankinëk
abessive		*kangëtta	*kangitta

Related terms

• ? *kankëda

Descendants

• Estonian: kang
• Finnish: kanki
  • → Inari Sami: kaŋgâ
  • → Northern Sami: gáŋga
  • → Skolt Sami: kaŋgg
• Ingrian: kanki
• Karelian: (Northern) kanki, (Southern) kangi
• Livvi: kangi
• Ludian: kang
• Veps: kang
• Võro: kang'
• → Lule Sami: gágga
• → Northern Sami: gágga

Further reading

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