Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hapras

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 *šapras, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sauraz (“dirt, filth, wet earth”), compare Icelandic saur.

Adjective

*hapras

1. brittle, fragile, frail

Inflection

Inflection of *hapras

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hapras	*haprahët
accusative		*haprahën	*haprahët
genitive		*haprahën	*haprastën *haprahidën
partitive		*haprasta	*haprahita
inessive		*haprahëssa *haprahëhna	*haprahissa *haprahihna
elative		*haprahësta	*haprahista
illative		*haprahësën	*haprahisën
adessive		*haprahëlla	*haprahilla
ablative		*haprahëlta	*haprahilta
allative		*haprahëlën *haprahëlëk	*haprahilën *haprahilëk
essive		*haprassa	*haprahina
translative		*haprahëksi	*haprahiksi
instructive		*haprahën	*haprahin
comitative		*haprassëk	*haprahinëk
abessive		*haprahëtta	*haprahitta

Descendants

• Estonian: habras
• Finnish: hauras
• Ingrian: habras
• Karelian: hapras
• Livonian: a’bbõrz
• ⇒ Ludian: habrak
• Võro: habras
• Votic: (Mati, Pummala) abraz

Further reading

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