Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hëra
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editProbably from earlier *šera, possibly borrowed from some descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”) (compare Latin sērum). According to Koivulehto, the Finnic word could be borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sera-, but this root is hypothetical, as there are no known Germanic descendants.
Noun
edit*hëra[1]
Inflection
editInflection of *hëra
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *hëra | *hërat | |
accusative | *hëran | *hërat | |
genitive | *hëran | *hëradën *hëroidën | |
partitive | *hërada | *hëroida | |
inessive | *hërassa *hërahna |
*hëroissa *hëroihna | |
elative | *hërasta | *hëroista | |
illative | *hërahën | *hëroihën | |
adessive | *hëralla | *hëroilla | |
ablative | *hëralta | *hëroilta | |
allative | *hëralën *hëralëk |
*hëroilën *hëroilëk | |
essive | *hërana | *hëroina | |
translative | *hëraksi | *hëroiksi | |
instructive | *hëran | *hëroin | |
comitative | *hëranëk | *hëroinëk | |
abessive | *hëratta | *hëroitta |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Estonian: hõra- (in compound: hõrasilm)
- Finnish: hera
- Ingrian: hera- (in compound: heravesi)
- Karelian:
- Livonian: õrā
- Livvi: hera
- Ludian: hera
- Võro: hõra- (in compound: hõrasilm)
References
editFurther reading
edit- “sõra-”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hera”, 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