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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/käsnä

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

Unknown. The cluster *sn is rare and does not appear to have been allowed in Proto-Uralic, so possibly an obscured *-na derivative from an unidentified root (? *käse-) or a borrowing from an unidentified source.

Noun

*käsnä

  1. callus

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: käsn
  • Finnish: känsä, käsnä
  • Karelian: käsnä
  • Veps: käzn
  • Võro: käsn
  • Votic: tšäzne
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