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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/haara

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

Possibly a variant of *hara.

Noun

*haara

  1. branch
  2. fork, bifurcation (place where a tree or other object divides into two)

Inflection
Inflection of *haara
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *haara *haarat
accusative *haaran *haarat
genitive *haaran *haaradën
*haaroidën
partitive *haarada *haaroida
inessive *haarassa
*haarahna		 *haaroissa
*haaroihna
elative *haarasta *haaroista
illative *haarahën *haaroihën
adessive *haaralla *haaroilla
ablative *haaralta *haaroilta
allative *haaralën
*haaralëk		 *haaroilën
*haaroilëk
essive *haarana *haaroina
translative *haaraksi *haaroiksi
instructive *haaran *haaroin
comitative *haaranëk *haaroinëk
abessive *haaratta *haaroitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: haar
  • Finnish: haara
  • Ingrian: haara
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: hoara
    • South Karelian: huara
  • Votic: aarõ

Further reading
  • “haar”, 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), “haara”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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