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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kere. Cognates include Hungarian köré.
Noun
*keri[1]
- hoop, ring, circle
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*keri
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*keret
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accusative
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*keren
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*keret
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genitive
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*keren
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*kerden *keriden
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partitive
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*kertä
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*keridä
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inessive
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*keressä *kerehnä
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*kerissä *kerihnä
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elative
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*kerestä
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*keristä
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illative
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*kerehen
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*kerihen
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adessive
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*kerellä
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*kerillä
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ablative
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*kereltä
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*keriltä
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allative
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*kerelen *kerelek
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*kerilen *kerilek
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essive
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*kernä
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*kerinä
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translative
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*kereksi
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*keriksi
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instructive
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*keren
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*kerin
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comitative
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*kernek
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*kerinek
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abessive
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*kerettä
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*kerittä
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*keri¹”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “kere”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #288 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.