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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kangas

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

Likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.

Noun

*kangas

  1. cloth, fabric

Inflection
Inflection of *kangas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kangas *kankahët
accusative *kankahën *kankahët
genitive *kankahën *kangastën
*kankahidën
partitive *kangasta *kankahita
inessive *kankahëssa
*kankahëhna		 *kankahissa
*kankahihna
elative *kankahësta *kankahista
illative *kankahësën *kankahisën
adessive *kankahëlla *kankahilla
ablative *kankahëlta *kankahilta
allative *kankahëlën
*kankahëlëk		 *kankahilën
*kankahilëk
essive *kangassa *kankahina
translative *kankahëksi *kankahiksi
instructive *kankahën *kankahin
comitative *kangassëk *kankahinëk
abessive *kankahëtta *kankahitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: kangas
  • Finnish: kangas
  • Ingrian: kangas, (Soikkola) kankas
  • Karelian: kankas, kangas
  • Livonian: kāngaz
  • Livvi: kangas
  • Ludian: kangaz
  • Veps: kangaz
  • Võro: kangas
  • Votic: kangõz

Further reading
  • “kangas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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