Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kärbäs
Proto-Finnic
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harbaz (compare Old Norse harfr).
Noun
*kärbäs[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kärbäs
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kärbäs | *kärpähet | |
| accusative | *kärpähen | *kärpähet | |
| genitive | *kärpähen | *kärbästen *kärpähiden | |
| partitive | *kärbästä | *kärpähitä | |
| inessive | *kärpähessä *kärpähehnä |
*kärpähissä *kärpähihnä | |
| elative | *kärpähestä | *kärpähistä | |
| illative | *kärpähesen | *kärpähisen | |
| adessive | *kärpähellä | *kärpähillä | |
| ablative | *kärpäheltä | *kärpähiltä | |
| allative | *kärpähelen *kärpähelek |
*kärpähilen *kärpähilek | |
| essive | *kärbässä | *kärpähinä | |
| translative | *kärpäheksi | *kärpähiksi | |
| instructive | *kärpähen | *kärpähin | |
| comitative | *kärbässek | *kärpähinek | |
| abessive | *kärpähettä | *kärpähittä | |
Descendants
From *kärbäs:
- Estonian: (dialectal) kärbas
- → Latvian: ķērpas
- Finnish: kärväs
From *kärbüs:
- Finnish: (dialectal) kärvys
- Veps: ⇒ kärbuz
From *kärbis:
- Estonian: kärbis
- ⇒ Võro: kärbik
References
Further reading
- “kärbis”, 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), “kärväs”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Unknown. Compared with Erzya [script needed] (karvo) and Eastern Mari [script needed] (karme), although such comparisons remain irregular.
Noun
*kärbäs
- fly (insect)
- Synonym: *kärpähinen
- fly egg
Inflection
Inflection of *kärbäs
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kärbäs | *kärpähet | |
| accusative | *kärpähen | *kärpähet | |
| genitive | *kärpähen | *kärbästen *kärpähiden | |
| partitive | *kärbästä | *kärpähitä | |
| inessive | *kärpähessä *kärpähehnä |
*kärpähissä *kärpähihnä | |
| elative | *kärpähestä | *kärpähistä | |
| illative | *kärpähesen | *kärpähisen | |
| adessive | *kärpähellä | *kärpähillä | |
| ablative | *kärpäheltä | *kärpähiltä | |
| allative | *kärpähelen *kärpähelek |
*kärpähilen *kärpähilek | |
| essive | *kärbässä | *kärpähinä | |
| translative | *kärpäheksi | *kärpähiksi | |
| instructive | *kärpähen | *kärpähin | |
| comitative | *kärbässek | *kärpähinek | |
| abessive | *kärpähettä | *kärpähittä | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kärpä⇒”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][3] (in Finnish)
- “kärbes”, 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), “kärpänen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][4] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN