Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kërta
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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-Baltic *kerdā (whence Lithuanian *kerda > kerdžius (“herdsman (in turn)”), Old Prussian kērdā).
Noun
*kërta[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kërta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kërta | *kërdat | |
| accusative | *kërdan | *kërdat | |
| genitive | *kërdan | *kërtadën *kërtoidën | |
| partitive | *kërtada | *kërtoida | |
| inessive | *kërdassa *kërdahna |
*kërdoissa *kërdoihna | |
| elative | *kërdasta | *kërdoista | |
| illative | *kërtahën | *kërtoihën | |
| adessive | *kërdalla | *kërdoilla | |
| ablative | *kërdalta | *kërdoilta | |
| allative | *kërtalën *kërtalëk |
*kërtoilën *kërtoilëk | |
| essive | *kërtana | *kërtoina | |
| translative | *kërdaksi | *kërdoiksi | |
| instructive | *kërdan | *kërdoin | |
| comitative | *kërtanëk | *kërtoinëk | |
| abessive | *kërdatta | *kërdoitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: kord
- Finnish: kerta
- Ingrian: kerta
- Karelian:
- Livonian: kȭrda
- Livvi: kerdu
- Ludian: kier
- Veps: kerd
- Võro: kõrd
- Votic: kõrtõ
References
Further reading
- “kord”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012