Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kansa
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *hansā, later *hansō.[1] Cognate with Proto-Samic *kuossē.
Noun
*kansa[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *kansa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kansa | *kansat | |
| accusative | *kansan | *kansat | |
| genitive | *kansan | *kansadën *kansoidën | |
| partitive | *kansada | *kansoida | |
| inessive | *kansassa *kansahna |
*kansoissa *kansoihna | |
| elative | *kansasta | *kansoista | |
| illative | *kansahën | *kansoihën | |
| adessive | *kansalla | *kansoilla | |
| ablative | *kansalta | *kansoilta | |
| allative | *kansalën *kansalëk |
*kansoilën *kansoilëk | |
| essive | *kansana | *kansoina | |
| translative | *kansaksi | *kansoiksi | |
| instructive | *kansan | *kansoin | |
| comitative | *kansanëk | *kansoinëk | |
| abessive | *kansatta | *kansoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kaasa, (dialectal) kaas
- Finnish: kansa
- Ingrian: kansa
- → Votic: kansõ
- ⇒ Livonian: kǭz- (in compound: kǭzgõnd (“wedding”)), (Salaca) kāzned
- → Latvian: kāzas (“wedding”)
- → Latvian: kāz (“wedding”) (kursenieki)
- → Latgalian: kuozys (“wedding”)
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kansa
- South Karelian: kanza
- Livvi: kanzu
- Veps: kanz
- ⇒ Votic: kaaz, kaa
- Võro: kaasa
- → Proto-Samic: *kāncē
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “kansa”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kansa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “kaasas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012