Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hapci

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

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *ëpte. The initial h would be irregular, but could be due to the influence of *hibus (“hair”). Cf. also Finnish haiven.

Noun

*hapci

1. hair

Inflection

Inflection of *hapci

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hapci	*hapcët
accusative		*hapcën	*hapcët
genitive		*hapcën	*hactën *hapcidën
partitive		*hacta	*hapcida
inessive		*hapcëssa *hapcëhna	*hapcissa *hapcihna
elative		*hapcësta	*hapcista
illative		*hapcëhën	*hapcihën
adessive		*hapcëlla	*hapcilla
ablative		*hapcëlta	*hapcilta
allative		*hapcëlën *hapcëlëk	*hapcilën *hapcilëk
essive		*hapcëna	*hapcina
translative		*hapcëksi	*hapciksi
instructive		*hapcën	*hapcin
comitative		*hapcënëk	*hapcinëk
abessive		*hapcëtta	*hapcitta

Synonyms

• *habën, *hibus, *kalki

Descendants

• Finnish: hapsi
• ? Livonian: *(h)apcik’as > äpškõz (“leftover warps used as sewing thread”)

References

• 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