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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ketara
 | 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
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian ketera, ketaras).
Noun
*ketara
- the support between skid and bottom of a sleigh
Inflection
Inflection of *ketara
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ketara | *ketarat | |
| accusative | *ketaran | *ketarat | |
| genitive | *ketaran | *ketaraden *ketaroiden | |
| partitive | *ketarata | *ketaroita | |
| inessive | *ketarassa *ketarahna | *ketaroissa *ketaroihna | |
| elative | *ketarasta | *ketaroista | |
| illative | *ketarasen | *ketaroisen | |
| adessive | *ketaralla | *ketaroilla | |
| ablative | *ketaralta | *ketaroilta | |
| allative | *ketaralen *ketaralek | *ketaroilen *ketaroilek | |
| essive | *ketarana | *ketaroina | |
| translative | *ketaraksi | *ketaroiksi | |
| instructive | *ketaran | *ketaroin | |
| comitative | *ketaranek | *ketaroinek | |
| abessive | *ketaratta | *ketaroitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kodar
- Finnish: ketara
- Livonian: kõddõrz
- Võro: kõtar'
- Votic: kõtarõ
Further reading
- kodar in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ketara”, 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