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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kaari
 | 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
From Proto-Uralic *këŋere.
Noun
*kaari
- curve
Inflection
Inflection of *kaari
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kaari | *kaaret | |
| accusative | *kaaren | *kaaret | |
| genitive | *kaaren | *kaarden *kaariden | |
| partitive | *kaarta | *kaarida | |
| inessive | *kaaressa *kaarehna | *kaarissa *kaarihna | |
| elative | *kaaresta | *kaarista | |
| illative | *kaarehen | *kaarihen | |
| adessive | *kaarella | *kaarilla | |
| ablative | *kaarelta | *kaarilta | |
| allative | *kaarelen *kaarelek | *kaarilen *kaarilek | |
| essive | *kaarna | *kaarina | |
| translative | *kaareksi | *kaariksi | |
| instructive | *kaaren | *kaarin | |
| comitative | *kaarnek | *kaarinek | |
| abessive | *kaaretta | *kaaritta | |
Derived terms
- *kaartadak
- *kaardek
- *kaarto
Descendants
- Estonian: kaar
- Finnish: kaari
- Karelian: koari, kuari
- Livonian: kǭr
- Livvi: kuari
- Ludian: kuar
- Veps: kar'
- Võro: kaar'
- Votic: kaari
References
- kaar in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- 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