Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaira
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚷᚨᛁᛉᚨᛉ (*gaiʀaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. Doublet of *kaihas.
Noun
[edit]*kaira (Northern Finnic)
- auger (carpenter's tool)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kaira
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kaira | *kairat | |
| accusative | *kairan | *kairat | |
| genitive | *kairan | *kairadën *kairoidën | |
| partitive | *kairada | *kairoida | |
| inessive | *kairassa *kairahna |
*kairoissa *kairoihna | |
| elative | *kairasta | *kairoista | |
| illative | *kairahën | *kairoihën | |
| adessive | *kairalla | *kairoilla | |
| ablative | *kairalta | *kairoilta | |
| allative | *kairalën *kairalëk |
*kairoilën *kairoilëk | |
| essive | *kairana | *kairoina | |
| translative | *kairaksi | *kairoiksi | |
| instructive | *kairan | *kairoin | |
| comitative | *kairanëk | *kairoinëk | |
| abessive | *kairatta | *kairoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: kaira
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kaira”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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