Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kabëh

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *kuopës, both probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skapiz, from *skapjaną, or alternatively, according to Aikio, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kabisjō.

Noun

*kabëh

1. created being, creature
2. woman, maiden

Inflection

Inflection of *kabëh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kabëh	*kapëhët
accusative		*kapëhën	*kapëhët
genitive		*kapëhën	*kabëhtën *kapëhidën
partitive		*kabëhta	*kapëhita
inessive		*kapëhëssa *kapëhëhna	*kapëhissa *kapëhihna
elative		*kapëhësta	*kapëhista
illative		*kapëhësën	*kapëhisën
adessive		*kapëhëlla	*kapëhilla
ablative		*kapëhëlta	*kapëhilta
allative		*kapëhëlën *kapëhëlëk	*kapëhilën *kapëhilëk
essive		*kapëhëna	*kapëhina
translative		*kapëhëksi	*kapëhiksi
instructive		*kapëhën	*kapëhin
comitative		*kapëhënëk	*kapëhinëk
abessive		*kapëhëtta	*kapëhitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ⇒ kabu
• Finnish: kave, ⇒ kapo
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kaveh
• Võro: ⇒ kabõhinõ, kabõhõnõ, kabo
• →? Proto-Samic: *kāpëk (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “kabu”, 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), “kave”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN