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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kangas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz.
Noun
*kangas
- cloth, fabric
Inflection
Inflection of *kangas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kangas | *kankahet | |
accusative | *kankahen | *kankahet | |
genitive | *kankahen | *kangasten *kankahiden | |
partitive | *kangasta | *kankahita | |
inessive | *kankahessa *kankahehna | *kankahissa *kankahihna | |
elative | *kankahesta | *kankahista | |
illative | *kankahesen | *kankahisen | |
adessive | *kankahella | *kankahilla | |
ablative | *kankahelta | *kankahilta | |
allative | *kankahelen *kankahelek | *kankahilen *kankahilek | |
essive | *kangassa | *kankahina | |
translative | *kankaheksi | *kankahiksi | |
instructive | *kankahen | *kankahin | |
comitative | *kangassek | *kankahinek | |
abessive | *kankahetta | *kankahitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: kangas
- Finnish: kangas
- Ingrian: kangas, (Soikkola) kankas
- Karelian: kankas, kangas
- Livonian: kāngaz
- Livvi: kangas
- Ludian: kangaz
- Veps: kangaz
- Võro: kangas
- Votic: kangõz
Further reading
- kangas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN