Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaari

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-Uralic *këŋere. Cognate with Inari Sami kuoŋâr, Northern Khanty [script needed] (χoŋkar) (Obdorsk) and Eastern Mansi [script needed] (ke̮ŋǝr) (Upper Konda).

Noun

*kaari

1. curve

Inflection

Inflection of *kaari

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kaari	*kaarët
accusative		*kaarën	*kaarët
genitive		*kaarën	*kaardën *kaaridën
partitive		*kaarta	*kaarida
inessive		*kaarëssa *kaarëhna	*kaarissa *kaarihna
elative		*kaarësta	*kaarista
illative		*kaarëhën	*kaarihën
adessive		*kaarëlla	*kaarilla
ablative		*kaarëlta	*kaarilta
allative		*kaarëlën *kaarëlëk	*kaarilën *kaarilëk
essive		*kaarna	*kaarina
translative		*kaarëksi	*kaariksi
instructive		*kaarën	*kaarin
comitative		*kaarnëk	*kaarinëk
abessive		*kaarëtta	*kaaritta

Derived terms

• *kaartadak
  • *kaardëk
  • *kaarto

Descendants

• Estonian: kaar
• Finnish: kaari
• Ingrian: kaari
• Karelian: koari, kuari
• Livonian: kǭr
• Livvi: kuari
• Ludian: kuar
• Veps: kar'
• Võro: kaar'
• Votic: kaari

References

• “kaar”, 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