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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanki

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

Possibly from the same root as *kankëda (“stiff, rigid”).

Noun

*kanki

  1. bar, lever

Inflection
Inflection of *kanki
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kanki *kangët
accusative *kangën *kangët
genitive *kangën *kankëdën
*kankidën
partitive *kankëda *kankida
inessive *kangëssa
*kangëhna		 *kangissa
*kangihna
elative *kangësta *kangista
illative *kankëhën *kankihën
adessive *kangëlla *kangilla
ablative *kangëlta *kangilta
allative *kankëlën
*kankëlëk		 *kankilën
*kankilëk
essive *kankëna *kankina
translative *kangëksi *kangiksi
instructive *kangën *kangin
comitative *kankënëk *kankinëk
abessive *kangëtta *kangitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: kang
  • Finnish: kanki
    • → Inari Sami: kaŋgâ
    • → Northern Sami: gáŋga
    • → Skolt Sami: kaŋgg
  • Ingrian: kanki
  • Karelian: (Northern) kanki, (Southern) kangi
  • Livvi: kangi
  • Ludian: kang
  • Veps: kang
  • Võro: kang'
  • → Lule Sami: gágga
  • → Northern Sami: gágga

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