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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanta

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 *kanta.

Noun

*kanta

  1. heel

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kand
  • Finnish: kanta
    • Northern Sami: gáddu
  • Ingrian: kanta
  • Karelian: kanta, kanda
  • Livonian: kūonda
  • Livvi: kandu
  • Ludian: kand
  • Veps: kand
  • Votic: kantõ

Further reading

  • kand in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Entry #235 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), kanta”, in 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
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