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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kandel
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Disputed; theories include:[1][2]
- borrowing from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian kokle and Lithuanian kanklės)[3]
- borrowing from Proto-Slavic *gondtlь
- independent derivation from *kante- (“cover”)
- independent derivation from *kanta (“heel”).
Inflection
Inflection of *kandel
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *kandel | *kantelet | |
accusative | *kantelen | *kantelet | |
genitive | *kantelen | *kandelden *kanteliden | |
partitive | *kandelta | *kantelita | |
inessive | *kantelessa *kantelehna |
*kantelissa *kantelihna | |
elative | *kantelesta | *kantelista | |
illative | *kantelesen | *kantelisen | |
adessive | *kantelella | *kantelilla | |
ablative | *kantelelta | *kantelilta | |
allative | *kantelelen *kantelelek |
*kantelilen *kantelilek | |
essive | *kandella | *kantelina | |
translative | *kanteleksi | *kanteliksi | |
instructive | *kantelen | *kantelin | |
comitative | *kandellek | *kantelinek | |
abessive | *kanteletta | *kantelitta |
Descendants
From *kandel:
- Estonian: kannel
- Finnish: kannel
- Ingrian: kannel
- Livonian: kāndla
- Veps: kandel
- Võro: kannõl'
- Votic: kannõl
From *kanteleh:
Further reading
- kannel in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
References
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210
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