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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kindas

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From earlier *kimtas, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kimdas (whence Latvian cimds).[1]

Noun

*kindas

  1. glove, mitten

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kinnas
  • Finnish: kinnas
  • Ingrian: kinnas
  • Karelian: kinnas
  • Livonian: kīndaz
  • Ludian: kindaz
  • Veps: kindaz
  • Võro: kinnas
  • Votic: tšinnaz

Further reading

  • kinnas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kinnas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

References

  1. Junttila, Santeri. The prehistoric context of the oldest contacts between Baltic and Finnic languages. SUST 266 (2012)
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