Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koparëh

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

Unknown.

Noun

*koparëh

1. heap, pile, cluster

Inflection

Inflection of *koparëh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*koparëh	*koparëhët
accusative		*koparëhën	*koparëhët
genitive		*koparëhën	*koparëhtën *koparëhidën
partitive		*koparëhta	*koparëhida
inessive		*koparëhëssa *koparëhëhna	*koparëhissa *koparëhihna
elative		*koparëhësta	*koparëhista
illative		*koparëhëhën	*koparëhihën
adessive		*koparëhëlla	*koparëhilla
ablative		*koparëhëlta	*koparëhilta
allative		*koparëhëlën *koparëhëlëk	*koparëhilën *koparëhilëk
essive		*koparëhëna	*koparëhina
translative		*koparëhëksi	*koparëhiksi
instructive		*koparëhën	*koparëhin
comitative		*koparëhënëk	*koparëhinëk
abessive		*koparëhëtta	*koparëhitta

Descendants

From *koparëh:

• Finnish: (dialectal) kopare
• Ingrian: kopare
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kopareh
  • South Karelian: kobareh
• Livvi: kobareh
• Ludian: kobareh
• Veps: kopreh

From *kopara:

• Estonian: kobar
• Ingrian: kopara

Further reading

• “kobar”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kopare”, 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