Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haikari
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *haigrô.
Noun
*haikari[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *haikari
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *haikari | *haikarit | |
| accusative | *haikarin | *haikarit | |
| genitive | *haikarin | *haikaridën *haikarëjidën | |
| partitive | *haikarita | *haikarëjida | |
| inessive | *haikarissa *haikarihna |
*haikarëjissa *haikarëjihna | |
| elative | *haikarista | *haikarëjista | |
| illative | *haikarisën | *haikarëjihën | |
| adessive | *haikarilla | *haikarëjilla | |
| ablative | *haikarilta | *haikarëjilta | |
| allative | *haikarilën *haikarilëk |
*haikarëjilën *haikarëjilëk | |
| essive | *haikarina | *haikarëjina | |
| translative | *haikariksi | *haikarëjiksi | |
| instructive | *haikarin | *haikarëjin | |
| comitative | *haikarinëk | *haikarëjinëk | |
| abessive | *haikaritta | *haikarëjitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ⇒ haigur
- Finnish: (dialectal, rare) haikari
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: haigari
- Võro: (rare, obsolete?) haigri, haigru
From *haikara:
- Finnish: haikara
References
Further reading
- “haigur”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “haikara”, 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