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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

  1. narrow, cramped

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: ahas
  • Finnish: ahdas
  • Ingrian: ahas
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: ahtas
  • Ludian: ahtaz
  • Veps: ahtaz
  • Votic: ahaz

See also

References

  • ahas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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