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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kisa

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiśɜ (“competition, game”) (whence Hungarian küzd).

Noun

*kisa

  1. game, play, competition
  2. ruckus, noise, shout

Inflection
Inflection of *kisa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kisa *kisat
accusative *kisan *kisat
genitive *kisan *kisadën
*kisoidën
partitive *kisada *kisoida
inessive *kisassa
*kisahna		 *kisoissa
*kisoihna
elative *kisasta *kisoista
illative *kisahën *kisoihën
adessive *kisalla *kisoilla
ablative *kisalta *kisoilta
allative *kisalën
*kisalëk		 *kisoilën
*kisoilëk
essive *kisana *kisoina
translative *kisaksi *kisoiksi
instructive *kisan *kisoin
comitative *kisanëk *kisoinëk
abessive *kisatta *kisoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: kisa
  • Finnish: kisa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kisa
    • South Karelian: kiza
  • Livonian: kizā
  • Livvi: kiža
  • Võro: kisa

Further reading
  • “kisa”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #447 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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