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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapris

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 *hafraz (before Grimm's law), from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.

Noun

*kapris[1]

  1. he-goat

Inflection
Inflection of *kapris
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kapris *kaprihët
accusative *kaprihën *kaprihët
genitive *kaprihën *kapristën
*kaprihidën
partitive *kaprista *kaprihita
inessive *kaprihëssa
*kaprihëhna		 *kaprihissa
*kaprihihna
elative *kaprihësta *kaprihista
illative *kaprihësën *kaprihisën
adessive *kaprihëlla *kaprihilla
ablative *kaprihëlta *kaprihilta
allative *kaprihëlën
*kaprihëlëk		 *kaprihilën
*kaprihilëk
essive *kaprissa *kaprihina
translative *kaprihëksi *kaprihiksi
instructive *kaprihën *kaprihin
comitative *kaprissëk *kaprihinëk
abessive *kaprihëtta *kaprihitta

Descendants
  • >? Estonian: kaber, kabris
  • Finnish: kauris
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kapris
    • South Karelian: kabris
  • >? Livonian: ka’bbõr, (Salaca) kabr
  • Livvi: kabris
  • >? Veps: kabroo (Southern)

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

Further reading
  • “kaber”, 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), “kauris”, 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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