Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahtas

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

From earlier *aštas, borrowed from Baltic *anštas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *anśtas (compare Lithuanian ankštas),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus.

Adjective

*ahtas[2]

  1. narrow, cramped

Inflection

Inflection of *ahtas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ahtas *ahtahët
accusative *ahtahën *ahtahët
genitive *ahtahën *ahtastën
*ahtahidën
partitive *ahtasta *ahtahita
inessive *ahtahëssa
*ahtahëhna 		*ahtahissa
*ahtahihna
elative *ahtahësta *ahtahista
illative *ahtahësën *ahtahisën
adessive *ahtahëlla *ahtahilla
ablative *ahtahëlta *ahtahilta
allative *ahtahëlën
*ahtahëlëk 		*ahtahilën
*ahtahilëk
essive *ahtassa *ahtahina
translative *ahtahëksi *ahtahiksi
instructive *ahtahën *ahtahin
comitative *ahtassëk *ahtahinëk
abessive *ahtahëtta *ahtahitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: ahas
  • Finnish: ahdas
  • Ingrian: ahas
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: ahtas
  • Ludian: ahtaz
  • Veps: ahtaz
  • Votic: ahaz

See also

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “ahdas”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*ahtas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
  • “ahas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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