Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kërnas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gernaz.
Adjective
*kërnas
Inflection
Inflection of *kërnas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kërnas | *kërnahët | |
| accusative | *kërnahën | *kërnahët | |
| genitive | *kërnahën | *kërnastën *kërnahidën | |
| partitive | *kërnasta | *kërnahita | |
| inessive | *kërnahëssa *kërnahëhna |
*kërnahissa *kërnahihna | |
| elative | *kërnahësta | *kërnahista | |
| illative | *kërnahësën | *kërnahisën | |
| adessive | *kërnahëlla | *kërnahilla | |
| ablative | *kërnahëlta | *kërnahilta | |
| allative | *kërnahëlën *kërnahëlëk |
*kërnahilën *kërnahilëk | |
| essive | *kërnassa | *kërnahina | |
| translative | *kërnahëksi | *kërnahiksi | |
| instructive | *kërnahën | *kërnahin | |
| comitative | *kërnassëk | *kërnahinëk | |
| abessive | *kërnahëtta | *kërnahitta | |
Descendants
- >? Estonian: (obsolete) kornis, kõrnis (“friendly, pleasant”)
- Finnish: (dialectal) kernas
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kernas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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