Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hapras
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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
From earlier *šapras, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sauraz (“dirt, filth, wet earth”), compare Icelandic saur.
Adjective
*hapras[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *hapras
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hapras | *haprahët | |
| accusative | *haprahën | *haprahët | |
| genitive | *haprahën | *haprastën *haprahidën | |
| partitive | *haprasta | *haprahita | |
| inessive | *haprahëssa *haprahëhna |
*haprahissa *haprahihna | |
| elative | *haprahësta | *haprahista | |
| illative | *haprahësën | *haprahisën | |
| adessive | *haprahëlla | *haprahilla | |
| ablative | *haprahëlta | *haprahilta | |
| allative | *haprahëlën *haprahëlëk |
*haprahilën *haprahilëk | |
| essive | *haprassa | *haprahina | |
| translative | *haprahëksi | *haprahiksi | |
| instructive | *haprahën | *haprahin | |
| comitative | *haprassëk | *haprahinëk | |
| abessive | *haprahëtta | *haprahitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: habras
- Finnish: hauras
- Ingrian: habras
- Karelian: hapras
- Livonian: a’bbõrz
- ⇒ Ludian: habrak
- Võro: habras
- Votic: (Mati, Pummala) abraz
References
Further reading
- “habras”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012