Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karsa
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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]From earlier *karśa, cognate with Proto-Samic *kuorčōj (whence Northern Sami guoržžu (“one who has the evil eye, evil spirit”)).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adjective
[edit]*karsa[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *karsa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *karsa | *karsat | |
| accusative | *karsan | *karsat | |
| genitive | *karsan | *karsadën *karsoidën | |
| partitive | *karsada | *karsoida | |
| inessive | *karsassa *karsahna |
*karsoissa *karsoihna | |
| elative | *karsasta | *karsoista | |
| illative | *karsahën | *karsoihën | |
| adessive | *karsalla | *karsoilla | |
| ablative | *karsalta | *karsoilta | |
| allative | *karsalën *karsalëk |
*karsoilën *karsoilëk | |
| essive | *karsana | *karsoina | |
| translative | *karsaksi | *karsoiksi | |
| instructive | *karsan | *karsoin | |
| comitative | *karsanëk | *karsoinëk | |
| abessive | *karsatta | *karsoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) kars, kärss
- Finnish: (dialectal) karsa, ⇒ karso
- Võro: (Seto) ⇒ karso (“blind person”)
From *karsas:
References
[edit]- ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*karsa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][1] (in Finnish)
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “karsas”, 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