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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalbas

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 an early loan from Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)albʰós, relying on the assertion that an initial Indo-European laryngeal could be reflected as a *k- when borrowed into Uralic or Finnic languages, which has been disputed.

Adjective

*kalbas

  1. pale

Inflection
Inflection of *kalbas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kalbas *kalbahët
accusative *kalbahën *kalbahët
genitive *kalbahën *kalbastën
*kalbahidën
partitive *kalbasta *kalbahita
inessive *kalbahëssa
*kalbahëhna		 *kalbahissa
*kalbahihna
elative *kalbahësta *kalbahista
illative *kalbahësën *kalbahisën
adessive *kalbahëlla *kalbahilla
ablative *kalbahëlta *kalbahilta
allative *kalbahëlën
*kalbahëlëk		 *kalbahilën
*kalbahilëk
essive *kalbassa *kalbahina
translative *kalbahëksi *kalbahiksi
instructive *kalbahën *kalbahin
comitative *kalbassëk *kalbahinëk
abessive *kalbahëtta *kalbahitta

Descendants

From *kalbas:

  • Finnish: kalvas

From *kalpëda:

  • Finnish: kalpea
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: kalbie
  • Livvi: kalbei

From *kalbakka:

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kalpea”, 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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