Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hardas

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harduz.

Adjective

*hardas

1. hard, harsh, demanding
2. eager, industrious

Inflection

Inflection of *hardas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hardas	*hartahët
accusative		*hartahën	*hartahët
genitive		*hartahën	*hardastën *hartahidën
partitive		*hardasta	*hartahita
inessive		*hartahëssa *hartahëhna	*hartahissa *hartahihna
elative		*hartahësta	*hartahista
illative		*hartahësën	*hartahisën
adessive		*hartahëlla	*hartahilla
ablative		*hartahëlta	*hartahilta
allative		*hartahëlën *hartahëlëk	*hartahilën *hartahilëk
essive		*hardassa	*hartahina
translative		*hartahëksi	*hartahiksi
instructive		*hartahën	*hartahin
comitative		*hardassëk	*hartahinëk
abessive		*hartahëtta	*hartahitta

Descendants

• >? Estonian: härras
• Finnish: harras
  • → Estonian: harras

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “harras”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN