Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karhëk
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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
Possibly from the same root as *karhëda (“rough, coarse”), or possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *karziz (whence Old English cierr (“turn, turning”)) + *-ëk.
Noun
*karhëk
Inflection
Inflection of *karhëk
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *karhëk | *karhëgët | |
| accusative | *karhëgën | *karhëgët | |
| genitive | *karhëgën | *karhëgëdën *karhëgidën | |
| partitive | *karhëgëta | *karhëgita | |
| inessive | *karhëgëssa *karhëgëhna |
*karhëgissa *karhëgihna | |
| elative | *karhëgësta | *karhëgista | |
| illative | *karhëgësën | *karhëgisën | |
| adessive | *karhëgëlla | *karhëgilla | |
| ablative | *karhëgëlta | *karhëgilta | |
| allative | *karhëgëlën *karhëgëlëk |
*karhëgilën *karhëgilëk | |
| essive | *karhëgëna | *karhëgina | |
| translative | *karhëgëksi | *karhëgiksi | |
| instructive | *karhëgën | *karhëgin | |
| comitative | *karhëgënëk | *karhëginëk | |
| abessive | *karhëgëtta | *karhëgitta | |
Descendants
From *karho ( + *-o):
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “karhe”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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