Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapris

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hafraz (before Grimm's law), from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.

Noun

*kapris

1. he-goat

Inflection

Inflection of *kapris

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kapris	*kaprihët
accusative		*kaprihën	*kaprihët
genitive		*kaprihën	*kapristën *kaprihidën
partitive		*kaprista	*kaprihita
inessive		*kaprihëssa *kaprihëhna	*kaprihissa *kaprihihna
elative		*kaprihësta	*kaprihista
illative		*kaprihësën	*kaprihisën
adessive		*kaprihëlla	*kaprihilla
ablative		*kaprihëlta	*kaprihilta
allative		*kaprihëlën *kaprihëlëk	*kaprihilën *kaprihilëk
essive		*kaprissa	*kaprihina
translative		*kaprihëksi	*kaprihiksi
instructive		*kaprihën	*kaprihin
comitative		*kaprissëk	*kaprihinëk
abessive		*kaprihëtta	*kaprihitta

Descendants

• >? Estonian: kaber, kabris
• Finnish: kauris
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kapris
  • South Karelian: kabris
• Livonian: ka’bbõr, (Salaca) kabr
• Livvi: kabris
• Veps: (Southern) ⇒ kabroo (< *kaproi)

Further reading

• “kaber”, 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), “kauris”, in 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