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

Inflection of *ahtas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ahtas	*ahtahët
accusative		*ahtahën	*ahtahët
genitive		*ahtahën	*ahtastën *ahtahidën
partitive		*ahtasta	*ahtahita
inessive		*ahtahëssa *ahtahëhna	*ahtahissa *ahtahihna
elative		*ahtahësta	*ahtahista
illative		*ahtahësën	*ahtahisën
adessive		*ahtahëlla	*ahtahilla
ablative		*ahtahëlta	*ahtahilta
allative		*ahtahëlën *ahtahëlëk	*ahtahilën *ahtahilëk
essive		*ahtassa	*ahtahina
translative		*ahtahëksi	*ahtahiksi
instructive		*ahtahën	*ahtahin
comitative		*ahtassëk	*ahtahinëk
abessive		*ahtahëtta	*ahtahitta

Descendants

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

See also

• *aktadak

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]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN