Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kappa

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-Germanic [Term?] (whence German Schaff, Old Saxon skap (“vessel, measure”)).

Noun

*kappa[1]

  1. wooden container, vessel
  2. unit of volume (of dry goods)

Inflection

Inflection of *kappa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kappa *kap'at
accusative *kap'an *kap'at
genitive *kap'an *kappadën
*kappoidën
partitive *kappada *kappoida
inessive *kap'assa
*kap'ahna 		*kap'oissa
*kap'oihna
elative *kap'asta *kap'oista
illative *kappahën *kappoihën
adessive *kap'alla *kap'oilla
ablative *kap'alta *kap'oilta
allative *kappalën
*kappalëk 		*kappoilën
*kappoilëk
essive *kappana *kappoina
translative *kap'aksi *kap'oiksi
instructive *kap'an *kap'oin
comitative *kappanëk *kappoinëk
abessive *kap'atta *kap'oitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: kapp
  • Finnish: kappa
    • → Swedish: (archaic, dialectal) kappe, kapp
  • Ingrian: kappa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: (dialectal) kappa
    • South Karelian: kappa
  • Livvi: kappu
  • Ludian: kapp, kappe
  • Võro: (Mulgi) kapp
  • Votic: kappõ

References

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

Further reading

  • “kapp”, 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), “kappa”, in 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
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