Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koiras
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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]Ultimately from Proto-Uralic *kojera (“male animal”) + *-s.
Noun
[edit]*koiras
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *koiras
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *koiras | *koirahët | |
| accusative | *koirahën | *koirahët | |
| genitive | *koirahën | *koirastën *koirahidën | |
| partitive | *koirasta | *koirahita | |
| inessive | *koirahëssa *koirahëhna |
*koirahissa *koirahihna | |
| elative | *koirahësta | *koirahista | |
| illative | *koirahësën | *koirahisën | |
| adessive | *koirahëlla | *koirahilla | |
| ablative | *koirahëlta | *koirahilta | |
| allative | *koirahëlën *koirahëlëk |
*koirahilën *koirahilëk | |
| essive | *koirassa | *koirahina | |
| translative | *koirahëksi | *koirahiksi | |
| instructive | *koirahën | *koirahin | |
| comitative | *koirassëk | *koirahinëk | |
| abessive | *koirahëtta | *koirahitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) koeras
- Finnish: koiras
- Ingrian: koiras
- Karelian:
- Livvi: koiras
- Veps: koiraz
- Votic: koiraz (Jõgõperä)
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “koiras”, 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