Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kërta
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Proto-Baltic *kerdā (whence Lithuanian *kerda > kerdžius (“herdsman (in turn)”), Old Prussian kērdā).
Noun
edit*kërta
Inflection
editInflection of *kërta
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 | *kërta | *kërdat | |
accusative | *kërdan | *kërdat | |
genitive | *kërdan | *kërtadën *kërtoidën | |
partitive | *kërtada | *kërtoida | |
inessive | *kërdassa *kërdahna |
*kërdoissa *kërdoihna | |
elative | *kërdasta | *kërdoista | |
illative | *kërtahën | *kërtoihën | |
adessive | *kërdalla | *kërdoilla | |
ablative | *kërdalta | *kërdoilta | |
allative | *kërtalën *kërtalëk |
*kërtoilën *kërtoilëk | |
essive | *kërtana | *kërtoina | |
translative | *kërdaksi | *kërdoiksi | |
instructive | *kërdan | *kërdoin | |
comitative | *kërtanëk | *kërtoinëk | |
abessive | *kërdatta | *kërdoitta |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Estonian: kord
- Finnish: kerta
- Ingrian: kerta
- Karelian:
- Livonian: kȭrda
- Livvi: kerdu
- Ludian: kier
- Veps: kerd
- Võro: kõrd
- Votic: kõrtõ
Further reading
edit- “kord”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012