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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kekri

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

From earlier *kekrä (whence Proto-Samic *keavrē), borrowed from pre Proto-Indo-Iranian *ḱekrám (later *čakrám, whence Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, cycle of seasons”)).[1] Alternatively, according to Saarikivi (2022), possibly a derivation from *käkrä, *kekrä (“bent, crooked”), first in the sense "turn of the year".[2]

Noun

*kekri

  1. harvest festival

Inflection
Inflection of *kekri
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kekri *kekrit
accusative *kekrin *kekrit
genitive *kekrin *kekriden
*kekrejiden
partitive *kekridä *kekrejitä
inessive *kekrissä
*kekrihnä		 *kekrejissä
*kekrejihnä
elative *kekristä *kekrejistä
illative *kekrihen *kekrejisen
adessive *kekrillä *kekrejillä
ablative *kekriltä *kekrejiltä
allative *kekrilen
*kekrilek		 *kekrejilen
*kekrejilek
essive *kekrinä *kekrejinä
translative *kekriksi *kekrejiksi
instructive *kekrin *kekrejin
comitative *kekrinek *kekrejinek
abessive *kekrittä *kekrejittä

Descendants
  • Finnish: kekri, (Eastern Savonia) keyri, keuri, (Western Savonia and Southern Ostrobothnia) köyri, (Tavastia and Northern Ostrobothnia) köyry
  • Karelian: (Northern) kekri, (Southern) kegri
  • Livvi: kegri

References
  1. Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “kekri”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
  2. Janne Saarikivi (2022) “Huomioita Agricolan psalttarin esipuheen jumalista ja muusta itämerensuomalaisesta mytologisesta sanastosta”, in Jeremy Bradley, editor, Tonavan Laakso: Eine Festschrift für Johanna Laakso (Central European Uralic Studies), volume 2, Praesens Verlag, →ISBN, pages 382–401

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kekri”, 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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