Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keri
Proto-Finnic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kere. Cognates include Hungarian köré.
Noun
*keri[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *keri
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *keri | *keret | |
| accusative | *keren | *keret | |
| genitive | *keren | *kerden *keriden | |
| partitive | *kertä | *keridä | |
| inessive | *keressä *kerehnä |
*kerissä *kerihnä | |
| elative | *kerestä | *keristä | |
| illative | *kerehen | *kerihen | |
| adessive | *kerellä | *kerillä | |
| ablative | *kereltä | *keriltä | |
| allative | *kerelen *kerelek |
*kerilen *kerilek | |
| essive | *kerrä | *kerinä | |
| translative | *kereksi | *keriksi | |
| instructive | *keren | *kerin | |
| comitative | *kerrek | *kerinek | |
| abessive | *kerettä | *kerittä | |
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “kere”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #288 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kere. Cognates include Proto-Samic *kërë, Erzya керь (keŕ), Hungarian kéreg.
Noun
*keri[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *keri
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *keri | *keret | |
| accusative | *keren | *keret | |
| genitive | *keren | *kerden *keriden | |
| partitive | *kertä | *keridä | |
| inessive | *keressä *kerehnä |
*kerissä *kerihnä | |
| elative | *kerestä | *keristä | |
| illative | *kerehen | *kerihen | |
| adessive | *kerellä | *kerillä | |
| ablative | *kereltä | *keriltä | |
| allative | *kerelen *kerelek |
*kerilen *kerilek | |
| essive | *kerrä | *kerinä | |
| translative | *kereksi | *keriksi | |
| instructive | *keren | *kerin | |
| comitative | *kerrek | *kerinek | |
| abessive | *kerettä | *kerittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ⇒ (archaic) kere, keres (“bast”)
- Finnish: (dialectal) keri (“crust, skin”)
- Ingrian: keri- (in compound: kerikenkä (“a shoe made from a piece of leather”))
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “keri”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][3] (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