Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karbëk
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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]Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian karpitnes, ķērpis and Lithuanian kerpės) + *-ëk.
Noun
[edit]*karbëk
- lichen
- Synonym: *jäkälä
- beard moss, beard lichen
- Synonym: *naava
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *karbëk
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *karbëk | *karpëgët | |
| accusative | *karpëgën | *karpëgët | |
| genitive | *karpëgën | *karpëgëdën *karpëgidën | |
| partitive | *karpëgëta | *karpëgita | |
| inessive | *karpëgëssa *karpëgëhna |
*karpëgissa *karpëgihna | |
| elative | *karpëgësta | *karpëgista | |
| illative | *karpëgësën | *karpëgisën | |
| adessive | *karpëgëlla | *karpëgilla | |
| ablative | *karpëgëlta | *karpëgilta | |
| allative | *karpëgëlën *karpëgëlëk |
*karpëgilën *karpëgilëk | |
| essive | *karpëgëna | *karpëgina | |
| translative | *karpëgëksi | *karpëgiksi | |
| instructive | *karpëgën | *karpëgin | |
| comitative | *karpëgënëk | *karpëginëk | |
| abessive | *karpëgëtta | *karpëgitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) karbe
- Finnish: karve
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: karve
- Livvi: karve
- Ludian: karbe
- Veps: karbe
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “karve”, 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