Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hapras

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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

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Etymology

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From earlier *šapras, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sauraz (dirt, filth, wet earth), compare Icelandic saur.

Adjective

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*hapras

  1. brittle, fragile, frail

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: habras
  • Finnish: hauras
  • Ingrian: habras
  • Karelian: hapras
  • Livonian: a’bbõrz
  • Ludian: habrak
  • Võro: habras
  • Votic: (Mati, Pummala) abraz

Further reading

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