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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapijo

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *kapjo

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence dialectal Swedish gävo (“gift, present”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gebaną.[1]

Noun

*kapijo (Northern Finnic)

  1. dowry; trousseau

Inflection
Inflection of *kapijo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kapijo *kapijot
accusative *kapijon *kapijot
genitive *kapijon *kapijodën
*kapijoidën
partitive *kapijota *kapijoita
inessive *kapijossa
*kapijohna		 *kapijoissa
*kapijoihna
elative *kapijosta *kapijoista
illative *kapijosën *kapijoisën
adessive *kapijolla *kapijoilla
ablative *kapijolta *kapijoilta
allative *kapijolën
*kapijolëk		 *kapijoilën
*kapijoilëk
essive *kapijona *kapijoina
translative *kapijoksi *kapijoiksi
instructive *kapijon *kapijoin
comitative *kapijonëk *kapijoinëk
abessive *kapijotta *kapijoitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: kapiot pl, (dialectal) kapio

References
  1. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

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