< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahtas
 | 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 earlier *aštas, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *anśtas (compare Lithuanian ankštas), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus.
Adjective
*ahtas
- narrow, cramped
Inflection
Inflection of *ahtas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ahtas | *ahtahet | |
| accusative | *ahtahen | *ahtahet | |
| genitive | *ahtahen | *ahtasten *ahtahiden | |
| partitive | *ahtasta | *ahtahita | |
| inessive | *ahtahessa *ahtahehna | *ahtahissa *ahtahihna | |
| elative | *ahtahesta | *ahtahista | |
| illative | *ahtahesen | *ahtahisen | |
| adessive | *ahtahella | *ahtahilla | |
| ablative | *ahtahelta | *ahtahilta | |
| allative | *ahtahelen *ahtahelek | *ahtahilen *ahtahilek | |
| essive | *ahtassa | *ahtahina | |
| translative | *ahtaheksi | *ahtahiksi | |
| instructive | *ahtahen | *ahtahin | |
| comitative | *ahtassek | *ahtahinek | |
| abessive | *ahtahetta | *ahtahitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ahas/ahta
- Finnish: ahdas
- Ingrian: ahas
- Karelian: ahas
- Livvi: ahtas
- Ludian: ahtaz
- Veps: ahtaz
- Votic: ahaz
See also
- *aktadak
References
- ahas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN