Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nakris

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

Possibly akin to Western Mansi [script needed] (nē̮r, “pine nut”), Northern Khanty нахәр (nahər, “pine nut”) (suggesting a root *nëkrɜ), but this is uncertain due to the semantic difference, and the atypical sound structure: most Finnic words with consonant clusters such as *-kr-, *-kl-, *-pr-, *-tr- are loanwords (cf. e.g. *atra, *nëkla, *sëpra, *takla).

Noun

*nakris^[1]

turnip

Inflection

Inflection of *nakris

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*nakris	*nakrihët
accusative	*nakrihën	*nakrihët
genitive	*nakrihën	nakristën nakrihidën
partitive	*nakrista	*nakrihita
inessive	nakrihëssa nakrihëhna	nakrihissa nakrihihna
elative	*nakrihësta	*nakrihista
illative	*nakrihësën	*nakrihisën
adessive	*nakrihëlla	*nakrihilla
ablative	*nakrihëlta	*nakrihilta
allative	nakrihëlën nakrihëlëk	nakrihilën nakrihilëk
essive	*nakrissa	*nakrihina
translative	*nakrihëksi	*nakrihiksi
instructive	*nakrihën	*nakrihin
comitative	*nakrissëk	*nakrihinëk
abessive	*nakrihëtta	*nakrihitta

Descendants

Estonian: naeris
Finnish: nauris
- → Ume Sami: naura
- → Lule Sami: návraj
- → Northern Sami: návrraš
- → Inari Sami: naavrâs
- → Skolt Sami: naaurâs
- → Kildin Sami: ноаврас (nåvras)
Ingrian: nagris, nagres
Karelian:
North Karelian: nakris

South Karelian: nagris
- → Skolt Sami: naaǥrâs
Livonian: na'ggõrz (“potato”)
Livvi: nagriš
Ludian: nagriž
Veps: nagriž
Võro: naaris, nakri, nakõr'
Votic: nagriz

References

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*nakris”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

“naeris”, 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), 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

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*nakris”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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