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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ansa
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian osa and Lithuanian ąsa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (compare Latin ānsa). Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuossē.
Noun
*ansa
- loop
- handle
- snare (trap)
Inflection
Inflection of *ansa
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ansa | *ansat | |
accusative | *ansan | *ansat | |
genitive | *ansan | *ansaden *ansoiden | |
partitive | *ansada | *ansoida | |
inessive | *ansassa | *ansoissa | |
elative | *ansasta | *ansoista | |
illative | *ansahen | *ansoihen | |
adessive | *ansalla | *ansoilla | |
ablative | *ansalta | *ansoilta | |
allative | *ansalek | *ansoilek | |
essive | *ansana | *ansoina | |
translative | *ansaksi | *ansoiksi | |
instructive | *ansan | *ansoin | |
comitative | *ansanek | *ansoinek | |
abessive | *ansakta | *ansoikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: aas
- Finnish: ansa
- Ingrian: ansa
- Karelian: ansa
- Livonian: ōzõ, ōzõz, āzõz
- Võro: aas
- Votic: aasa
Further reading
- aas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN