Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/këplas

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-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian kaplis and Lithuanian kaplys).

Noun

*këplas

1. hoe, mattock

   Synonym: *kookka

Inflection

Inflection of *këplas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*këplas	*këplahët
accusative		*këplahën	*këplahët
genitive		*këplahën	*këplastën *këplahidën
partitive		*këplasta	*këplahita
inessive		*këplahëssa *këplahëhna	*këplahissa *këplahihna
elative		*këplahësta	*këplahista
illative		*këplahësën	*këplahisën
adessive		*këplahëlla	*këplahilla
ablative		*këplahëlta	*këplahilta
allative		*këplahëlën *këplahëlëk	*këplahilën *këplahilëk
essive		*këplassa	*këplahina
translative		*këplahëksi	*këplahiksi
instructive		*këplahën	*këplahin
comitative		*këplassëk	*këplahinëk
abessive		*këplahëtta	*këplahitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kõblas
• Võro: kõblas

Further reading

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