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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kërnas

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gernaz.

Adjective

*kërnas

  1. eager, willing

Inflection
Inflection of *kërnas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kërnas *kërnahët
accusative *kërnahën *kërnahët
genitive *kërnahën *kërnastën
*kërnahidën
partitive *kërnasta *kërnahita
inessive *kërnahëssa
*kërnahëhna		 *kërnahissa
*kërnahihna
elative *kërnahësta *kërnahista
illative *kërnahësën *kërnahisën
adessive *kërnahëlla *kërnahilla
ablative *kërnahëlta *kërnahilta
allative *kërnahëlën
*kërnahëlëk		 *kërnahilën
*kërnahilëk
essive *kërnassa *kërnahina
translative *kërnahëksi *kërnahiksi
instructive *kërnahën *kërnahin
comitative *kërnassëk *kërnahinëk
abessive *kërnahëtta *kërnahitta

Descendants
  • ? Estonian: (obsolete) kornis, kõrnis ("friendly, pleasant")
  • Finnish: (dialectal) kernas

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kernas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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