Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kesä

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 Proto-Finno-Permic *kesä (summer)[1] (possibly a loanword from Indo-European; see it for more). Cognate with Proto-Samic *keasē, Erzya кизэ (kizë) and Moksha киза (kiza, summer, year).

Noun

*kesä[2]

  1. summer
    Synonym: *suvi
  2. fallow

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kesa
  • Finnish: kesä
  • Ingrian: kesä
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kezä
  • Ludian: kezä
  • Veps: keza
  • Võro: kesä
  • Votic: tšesä

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “kesä”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kesä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading