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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kakra

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 *hagrō (whence Old Gutnish hagri (“oat”) and dialectal Swedish hagre, hagra (“oat”)).

Noun

*kakra[1]

  1. oat, oats

Inflection
Inflection of *kakra
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kakra *kakrat
accusative *kakran *kakrat
genitive *kakran *kakradën
*kakroidën
partitive *kakrada *kakroida
inessive *kakrassa
*kakrahna		 *kakroissa
*kakroihna
elative *kakrasta *kakroista
illative *kakrahën *kakroihën
adessive *kakralla *kakroilla
ablative *kakralta *kakroilta
allative *kakralën
*kakralëk		 *kakroilën
*kakroilëk
essive *kakrana *kakroina
translative *kakraksi *kakroiksi
instructive *kakran *kakroin
comitative *kakranëk *kakroinëk
abessive *kakratta *kakroitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: kaer
  • Finnish: kaura, (dialectal) kakra, kaora
  • Ingrian: kagra
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kakra
    • South Karelian: kagra
  • Livonian: ka’ggõrz
  • Livvi: kagru
  • Ludian: kagr
  • Veps: kagr
  • Võro: kaar
  • Votic: kagrõ

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kakra”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “kaer”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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