Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapris
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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-Germanic *hafraz (before Grimm's law), from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.
Noun
[edit]*kapris[1]
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]- >? Estonian: kaber, kabris
- Finnish: kauris
- Karelian:
- >? Livonian: ka’bbõr, (Salaca) kabr
- Livvi: kabris
- >? Veps: kabroo (Southern)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN