Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kekri
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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 *kekrä (whence Proto-Samic *keavrē), borrowed from pre Proto-Indo-Iranian *ḱekrám (later *čakrám, whence Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, cycle of seasons”)).[1] Alternatively, according to Saarikivi (2022), possibly a derivation from *käkrä, *kekrä (“bent, crooked”), first in the sense "turn of the year".[2]
Noun
[edit]*kekri
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kekri
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kekri | *kekrit | |
| accusative | *kekrin | *kekrit | |
| genitive | *kekrin | *kekriden *kekrejiden | |
| partitive | *kekridä | *kekrejitä | |
| inessive | *kekrissä *kekrihnä |
*kekrejissä *kekrejihnä | |
| elative | *kekristä | *kekrejistä | |
| illative | *kekrihen | *kekrejisen | |
| adessive | *kekrillä | *kekrejillä | |
| ablative | *kekriltä | *kekrejiltä | |
| allative | *kekrilen *kekrilek |
*kekrejilen *kekrejilek | |
| essive | *kekrinä | *kekrejinä | |
| translative | *kekriksi | *kekrejiksi | |
| instructive | *kekrin | *kekrejin | |
| comitative | *kekrinek | *kekrejinek | |
| abessive | *kekrittä | *kekrejittä | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: kekri, (Eastern Savonia) keyri, keuri, (Western Savonia and Southern Ostrobothnia) köyri, (Tavastia and Northern Ostrobothnia) köyry
- Karelian:
- Livvi: kegri
References
[edit]- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “kekri”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
- ^ Janne Saarikivi (2022) “Huomioita Agricolan psalttarin esipuheen jumalista ja muusta itämerensuomalaisesta mytologisesta sanastosta”, in Jeremy Bradley, editor, Tonavan Laakso: Eine Festschrift für Johanna Laakso (Central European Uralic Studies), volume 2, Praesens Verlag, →ISBN, pages 382–401
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kekri”, 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