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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/icäntä

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *isäntä

Etymology

From *icä (“father”) +‎ *-ntä.

Noun

*icäntä

  1. master, lord (male head of a household)

Inflection
Inflection of *icäntä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *icäntä *icändät
accusative *icändän *icändät
genitive *icändän *icäntäden
*icänteiden
partitive *icäntätä *icänteitä
inessive *icändässä
*icändähnä		 *icändeissä
*icändeihnä
elative *icändästä *icändeistä
illative *icäntäsen *icänteisen
adessive *icändällä *icändeillä
ablative *icändältä *icändeiltä
allative *icäntälen
*icäntälek		 *icänteilen
*icänteilek
essive *icäntänä *icänteinä
translative *icändäksi *icändeiksi
instructive *icändän *icändein
comitative *icäntänek *icänteinek
abessive *icändättä *icändeittä

Coordinate terms

Descendants
  • Estonian: isand
  • Finnish: isäntä
    • → Inari Sami: iššeed
    • → Lule Sami: iset
    • → Northern Sami: isit
    • → Skolt Sami: eežžed
  • Ingrian: isäntä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: isäntä
    • South Karelian: izändä
  • Livonian: izānd
  • Livvi: izändy
  • Ludian: ižänd, ižand
  • Veps: ižand
  • Võro: esänd
  • Votic: isänte

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “isäntä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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