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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hapci
 | 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 from Proto-Uralic *ëpte. The initial h would be irregular, but could be due to the influence of *hibus (“hair”). Cf. also Finnish haiven.
Noun
*hapci
- hair
Inflection
Inflection of *hapci
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hapci | *hapcet | |
| accusative | *hapcen | *hapcet | |
| genitive | *hapcen | *hacten *hapciden | |
| partitive | *hacta | *hapcida | |
| inessive | *hapcessa *hapcehna | *hapcissa *hapcihna | |
| elative | *hapcesta | *hapcista | |
| illative | *hapcehen | *hapcihen | |
| adessive | *hapcella | *hapcilla | |
| ablative | *hapcelta | *hapcilta | |
| allative | *hapcelen *hapcelek | *hapcilen *hapcilek | |
| essive | *hapcena | *hapcina | |
| translative | *hapceksi | *hapciksi | |
| instructive | *hapcen | *hapcin | |
| comitative | *hapcenek | *hapcinek | |
| abessive | *hapcetta | *hapcitta | |
Synonyms
- *haben, *hibus, *kalki
Descendants
- Finnish: hapsi
- ? Livonian: *hapcikkas > äpškõz (“leftover warps used as sewing thread”)
References
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN