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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kampsu

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

Probably sound-symbolic.

Noun

*kampsu[1]

  1. item, thing
  2. (usually in the plural) luggage, stuff

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kamps
  • Finnish: kampsu
    • Karelian:
    • Livvi: kamsut pl
  • Ingrian: kampsu
  • Livonian: kams

References

  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–), *kampsu”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • kamps in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), kampsu”, in 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
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