Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapris
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hafraz/*habraz (~ *habrīz?) (before Grimm's law), from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.
Noun
*kapris[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kapris
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kapris | *kaprihët | |
| accusative | *kaprihën | *kaprihët | |
| genitive | *kaprihën | *kapristën *kaprihidën | |
| partitive | *kaprista | *kaprihita | |
| inessive | *kaprihëssa *kaprihëhna |
*kaprihissa *kaprihihna | |
| elative | *kaprihësta | *kaprihista | |
| illative | *kaprihësën | *kaprihisën | |
| adessive | *kaprihëlla | *kaprihilla | |
| ablative | *kaprihëlta | *kaprihilta | |
| allative | *kaprihëlën *kaprihëlëk |
*kaprihilën *kaprihilëk | |
| essive | *kaprissa | *kaprihina | |
| translative | *kaprihëksi | *kaprihiksi | |
| instructive | *kaprihën | *kaprihin | |
| comitative | *kaprissëk | *kaprihinëk | |
| abessive | *kaprihëtta | *kaprihitta | |
Descendants
- >? Estonian: kaber, kabris
- Finnish: kauris
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kapris
- South Karelian: kabris
- Livonian: ka’bbõr, (Salaca) kabr
- Livvi: kabris
- Veps: (Southern) ⇒ kabroo (< *kaproi)
References
Further reading
- “kaber”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “kauris”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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