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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kari
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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
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*skarj(ą)), from Proto-Germanic *skarją (whence Old Norse sker).
Inflection
Inflection of *kari
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kari | *karit | |
| accusative | *karin | *karit | |
| genitive | *karin | *karidën *karëjidën | |
| partitive | *karida | *karëjita | |
| inessive | *karissa *karihna |
*karëjissa *karëjihna | |
| elative | *karista | *karëjista | |
| illative | *karihën | *karëjisën | |
| adessive | *karilla | *karëjilla | |
| ablative | *karilta | *karëjilta | |
| allative | *karilën *karilëk |
*karëjilën *karëjilëk | |
| essive | *karina | *karëjina | |
| translative | *kariksi | *karëjiksi | |
| instructive | *karin | *karëjin | |
| comitative | *karinëk | *karëjinëk | |
| abessive | *karitta | *karëjitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- kari in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kari”, 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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