Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kuras
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proto-Uralic *kurɜ + *-s (or *-s)
Noun[edit]
*kuras
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *kuras
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kuras | *kuraksët | |
| accusative | *kuraksën | *kuraksët | |
| genitive | *kuraksën | *kurastën *kuraksidën | |
| partitive | *kurasta | *kuraksita | |
| inessive | *kuraksëssa *kuraksëhna |
*kuraksissa *kuraksihna | |
| elative | *kuraksësta | *kuraksista | |
| illative | *kuraksësën | *kuraksisën | |
| adessive | *kuraksëlla | *kuraksilla | |
| ablative | *kuraksëlta | *kuraksilta | |
| allative | *kuraksëlën *kuraksëlëk |
*kuraksilën *kuraksilëk | |
| essive | *kurassa | *kuraksina | |
| translative | *kuraksëksi | *kuraksiksi | |
| instructive | *kuraksën | *kuraksin | |
| comitative | *kurassëk | *kuraksinëk | |
| abessive | *kuraksëtta | *kuraksitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- ⇒ Estonian: kurask, kuurask (dialectal, poetic)
- Finnish: kuras (archaic, rare)
- Ingrian: kuras (dialectal, poetic)
- Karelian: kuras (poetic)
- Votic: kuraz
Further reading[edit]
- Entry #423 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuras”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN