Probably borrowed from Bulgar , ulitmately from Proto-Turkic *keči (“goat”). Compare Chuvash кач (kač) and Tatar кәҗә (käcä).
The sense "goat" - which is only attested in Udmurt - is either the original meaning, from which the sense "hare" arose akin to dialectal Chuvash кач (kač), or a later semantic loan into Udmurt from a Turkic language.
Alternatively, Sokolov (1992) proposes that this term is an onomatopoeic formation independent from the Turkic terms.
*käć (stem *käć-)
Declension of *käć (stem: *käć-) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *käć | *käćjas | |
accusative | indefinite | *käć | *käćjas |
definite | *käćäs | *käćjasäs | |
instrumental | *käćän | *käćjasän | |
caritive | *käćtäk | *käćjastäk | |
consecutive | *käćla | *käćjasla | |
genitive | *käćlän | *käćjaslän | |
ablative | *käćliś | *käćjasliś | |
dative | *käćli | *käćjasli | |
inessive | *käćin | *käćjasin | |
elative | *käćiś | *käćjasiś | |
illative | *käćä | *käćjasä | |
egressive | *käćśań | *käćjasśań | |
approximative | *käćlań | *käćjaslań | |
terminative | *käćäʒ́ | *käćjasäʒ́ | |
translative | *käćti | *käćjasti |