Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karvas
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harwaz (whence German herb) [1]. Alternatively, and less likely, from the same root as *karkëda.
Adjective[edit]
*karvas
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *karvas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *karvas | *karvahët | |
| accusative | *karvahën | *karvahët | |
| genitive | *karvahën | *karvastën *karvahidën | |
| partitive | *karvasta | *karvahita | |
| inessive | *karvahëssa *karvahëhna |
*karvahissa *karvahihna | |
| elative | *karvahësta | *karvahista | |
| illative | *karvahësën | *karvahisën | |
| adessive | *karvahëlla | *karvahilla | |
| ablative | *karvahëlta | *karvahilta | |
| allative | *karvahëlën *karvahëlëk |
*karvahilën *karvahilëk | |
| essive | *karvassa | *karvahina | |
| translative | *karvahëksi | *karvahiksi | |
| instructive | *karvahën | *karvahin | |
| comitative | *karvassëk | *karvahinëk | |
| abessive | *karvahëtta | *karvahitta | |
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “karvas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN