Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karbas

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-Norse [script needed] (*karbā) (whence Old Norse karfi). Alternatively, and less likely, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian kārba (“basket”) and Lithuanian kãrbas (“basket”)).

Noun

*karbas (Northern Finnic)

  1. small boat

Inflection

Inflection of *karbas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *karbas *karpahët
accusative *karpahën *karpahët
genitive *karpahën *karbastën
*karpahidën
partitive *karbasta *karpahita
inessive *karpahëssa
*karpahëhna 		*karpahissa
*karpahihna
elative *karpahësta *karpahista
illative *karpahësën *karpahisën
adessive *karpahëlla *karpahilla
ablative *karpahëlta *karpahilta
allative *karpahëlën
*karpahëlëk 		*karpahilën
*karpahilëk
essive *karbassa *karpahina
translative *karpahëksi *karpahiksi
instructive *karpahën *karpahin
comitative *karbassëk *karpahinëk
abessive *karpahëtta *karpahitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: karvas
  • Karelian:
  • Veps: karbaz
  • → Russian: карбас (karbas)

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “karvas”, 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
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