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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapris
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hafraz (before Grimm's law), from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.
Noun
*kapris
- billy goat, he-goat
Inflection
Inflection of *kapris
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kapris | *kaprihet | |
accusative | *kaprihen | *kaprihet | |
genitive | *kaprihen | *kapristen *kaprihiden | |
partitive | *kaprista | *kaprihita | |
inessive | *kaprihessa *kaprihehna | *kaprihissa *kaprihihna | |
elative | *kaprihesta | *kaprihista | |
illative | *kaprihesen | *kaprihisen | |
adessive | *kaprihella | *kaprihilla | |
ablative | *kaprihelta | *kaprihilta | |
allative | *kaprihelen *kaprihelek | *kaprihilen *kaprihilek | |
essive | *kaprissa | *kaprihina | |
translative | *kapriheksi | *kaprihiksi | |
instructive | *kaprihen | *kaprihin | |
comitative | *kaprissek | *kaprihinek | |
abessive | *kaprihetta | *kaprihitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: kaber, kabris
- Finnish: kauris
- Karelian: kapris (Northern), kabris (Southern)
- Livonian: ka’bbõr, (Salaca)kabr
- Livvi: kabris
- Veps: kabroo (Southern)
Further reading
- kaber in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kauris”, in 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