Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karvas
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Proto-Germanic *harwaz (whence German herb) [1]. Alternatively, and less likely, from the same root as *karkëda.
Adjective
edit*karvas
Inflection
editInflection of *karvas
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 | *karvas | *karvahët | |
accusative | *karvahën | *karvahët | |
genitive | *karvahën | *karvastën *karvahidën | |
partitive | *karvasta | *karvahita | |
inessive | *karvahëssa *karvahëhna |
*karvahissa *karvahihna | |
elative | *karvahësta | *karvahista | |
illative | *karvahësën | *karvahisën | |
adessive | *karvahëlla | *karvahilla | |
ablative | *karvahëlta | *karvahilta | |
allative | *karvahëlën *karvahëlëk |
*karvahilën *karvahilëk | |
essive | *karvassa | *karvahina | |
translative | *karvahëksi | *karvahiksi | |
instructive | *karvahën | *karvahin | |
comitative | *karvassëk | *karvahinëk | |
abessive | *karvahëtta | *karvahitta |
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “karvas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN