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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kasi

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-Uralic *käsä.

Noun

*kasi

  1. moisture, dew

Inflection
Inflection of *kasi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kasi *kasët
accusative *kasën *kasët
genitive *kasën *kastën
*kasidën
partitive *kasta *kasida
inessive *kasëssa
*kasëhna		 *kasissa
*kasihna
elative *kasësta *kasista
illative *kasëhën *kasihën
adessive *kasëlla *kasilla
ablative *kasëlta *kasilta
allative *kasëlën
*kasëlëk		 *kasilën
*kasilëk
essive *kassa *kasina
translative *kasëksi *kasiksi
instructive *kasën *kasin
comitative *kassëk *kasinëk
abessive *kasëtta *kasitta

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) kasi
  • Finnish: (dialectal) kasi
  • Ingrian: (folk poetic) kasi

From *kasinën:

  • Finnish: kasinen
  • Livonian: kaʼžži

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kasi”, 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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