Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karvainën
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Adjective
*karvainën
Inflection
Inflection of *karvainën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *karvainën | *karvaicët | |
| accusative | *karvaicën | *karvaicët | |
| genitive | *karvaicën | *karvaictën *karvaicidën | |
| partitive | *karvaicta | *karvaicita | |
| inessive | *karvaicëssa *karvaicëhna |
*karvaicissa *karvaicihna | |
| elative | *karvaicësta | *karvaicista | |
| illative | *karvaicësën | *karvaicisën | |
| adessive | *karvaicëlla | *karvaicilla | |
| ablative | *karvaicëlta | *karvaicilta | |
| allative | *karvaicëlën *karvaicëlëk |
*karvaicilën *karvaicilëk | |
| essive | *karvainna | *karvaicina | |
| translative | *karvaicëksi | *karvaiciksi | |
| instructive | *karvaicën | *karvaicin | |
| comitative | *karvainnëk | *karvaicinëk | |
| abessive | *karvaicëtta | *karvaicitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: karvane
- Finnish: karvainen
- Ingrian: karvain
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: karvani
- South Karelian: karvane
- Livonian: karri
- Livvi: karvaine
- Ludian: karvaine
- Veps: karvaine
- Võro: karvanõ
- Votic: karvanõ
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “karva”, 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