Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kärhä

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

From earlier *käršä, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kerš- (whence Lithuanian keršas (“black and white striped”)).

Noun

*kärhä

  1. badger (Meles meles)
    Synonym: *mäkrä

Inflection

Inflection of *kärhä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kärhä *kärhät
accusative *kärhän *kärhät
genitive *kärhän *kärhäden
*kärheiden
partitive *kärhädä *kärheidä
inessive *kärhässä
*kärhähnä 		*kärheissä
*kärheihnä
elative *kärhästä *kärheistä
illative *kärhähen *kärheihen
adessive *kärhällä *kärheillä
ablative *kärhältä *kärheiltä
allative *kärhälen
*kärhälek 		*kärheilen
*kärheilek
essive *kärhänä *kärheinä
translative *kärhäksi *kärheiksi
instructive *kärhän *kärhein
comitative *kärhänek *kärheinek
abessive *kärhättä *kärheittä

Descendants

  • Võro: (Hargla) käŕh

From *kärhü (with *-ü):

  • Võro: kähr
    • → Estonian: ⇒ kährik (“raccoon dog”)

Further reading

  • “kährik”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

References

  • Junttila, Santeri. The prehistoric context of the oldest contacts between Baltic and Finnic languages. SUST 266 (2012)
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