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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanto

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *kënta-w, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *skandʰás (compare Sanskrit स्कन्ध (skandhá)). Related to Proto-Samic *kuontōj.

Noun

*kanto

  1. tree stump

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: känd
  • Finnish: kanto
  • Ingrian: kanto
  • Karelian: kanto
  • Livonian: kand
  • Ludian: kand
  • Veps: kand
  • Votic: kanto
  • Võro: kand

Further reading

  • känd 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
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