Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nakris

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

Possibly akin to Western Mansi [script needed] (nē̮r, “pine nut”), Northern Khanty нахәр (nahər, “pine nut”) (suggesting a root *nëkrɜ), but this is uncertain due to the semantic difference, and the atypical sound structure: most Finnic words with consonant clusters such as *-kr-, *-kl-, *-pr-, *-tr- are loanwords (cf. e.g. *atra, *nëkla, *sëpra, *takla).

Noun

*nakris

1. turnip

Inflection

Inflection of *nakris

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*nakris	*nakrihët
accusative		*nakrihën	*nakrihët
genitive		*nakrihën	*nakristën *nakrihidën
partitive		*nakrista	*nakrihita
inessive		*nakrihëssa *nakrihëhna	*nakrihissa *nakrihihna
elative		*nakrihësta	*nakrihista
illative		*nakrihësën	*nakrihisën
adessive		*nakrihëlla	*nakrihilla
ablative		*nakrihëlta	*nakrihilta
allative		*nakrihëlën *nakrihëlëk	*nakrihilën *nakrihilëk
essive		*nakrissa	*nakrihina
translative		*nakrihëksi	*nakrihiksi
instructive		*nakrihën	*nakrihin
comitative		*nakrissëk	*nakrihinëk
abessive		*nakrihëtta	*nakrihitta

Descendants

• Estonian: naeris
• Finnish: nauris
  • → Ume Sami: naura
  • → Lule Sami: návraj
  • → Northern Sami: návrraš
  • → Inari Sami: naavrâs
  • → Skolt Sami: naaurâs
  • → Kildin Sami: ноаврас (nåvras)
• Ingrian: nagris
• Karelian: (Northern) nakris, (Southern) nagris
  • → Skolt Sami: naaǥrâs
• Livonian: na'ggõrz (“potato”)
• Livvi: nagriš
• Ludian: nagriž
• Veps: nagriž
• Võro: naaris, nakri, nakõr'
• Votic: nagriz

References

• “naeris”, 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN