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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haikari

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *haigrô.

Noun

*haikari

  1. heron (Ardeidae)

Inflection
Inflection of *haikari
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *haikari *haikarit
accusative *haikarin *haikarit
genitive *haikarin *haikaridën
*haikarëjidën
partitive *haikarita *haikarëjida
inessive *haikarissa
*haikarihna		 *haikarëjissa
*haikarëjihna
elative *haikarista *haikarëjista
illative *haikarisën *haikarëjihën
adessive *haikarilla *haikarëjilla
ablative *haikarilta *haikarëjilta
allative *haikarilën
*haikarilëk		 *haikarëjilën
*haikarëjilëk
essive *haikarina *haikarëjina
translative *haikariksi *haikarëjiksi
instructive *haikarin *haikarëjin
comitative *haikarinëk *haikarëjinëk
abessive *haikaritta *haikarëjitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: ⇒ haigur
  • Finnish: (dialectal, rare) haikari
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: haigari
  • Võro: (rare, obsolete?) haigri, haigru

From *haikara:

Further reading
  • haigur in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “haikara”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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