Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karhëk

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

Possibly from the same root as *karhëda (“rough, coarse”), or possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *karziz (whence Old English cierr (“turn, turning”)) +‎ *-ëk.

Noun

*karhëk

1. windrow (row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field)

   Synonym: *looko

Inflection

Inflection of *karhëk

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*karhëk	*karhëgët
accusative		*karhëgën	*karhëgët
genitive		*karhëgën	*karhëgëdën *karhëgidën
partitive		*karhëgëta	*karhëgita
inessive		*karhëgëssa *karhëgëhna	*karhëgissa *karhëgihna
elative		*karhëgësta	*karhëgista
illative		*karhëgësën	*karhëgisën
adessive		*karhëgëlla	*karhëgilla
ablative		*karhëgëlta	*karhëgilta
allative		*karhëgëlën *karhëgëlëk	*karhëgilën *karhëgilëk
essive		*karhëgëna	*karhëgina
translative		*karhëgëksi	*karhëgiksi
instructive		*karhëgën	*karhëgin
comitative		*karhëgënëk	*karhëginëk
abessive		*karhëgëtta	*karhëgitta

Descendants

• Finnish: karhe
• Ingrian: karhe
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: karhe
  • South Karelian: karhe
• Livvi: karhe

From *karho ( + *-o):

• Estonian: (dialectal; Häädemeeste, Pärnu, Ridala) karu
• Finnish: karho
• Votic: ⇒ karotõllõ

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “karhe”, 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