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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karbëk

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 borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian karpitnes, ķērpis and Lithuanian kerpės) +‎ *-ëk.

Noun

*karbëk

  1. lichen
    Synonym: *jäkälä
  2. beard moss, beard lichen
    Synonym: *naava

Inflection
Inflection of *karbëk
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *karbëk *karpëgët
accusative *karpëgën *karpëgët
genitive *karpëgën *karpëgëdën
*karpëgidën
partitive *karpëgëta *karpëgita
inessive *karpëgëssa
*karpëgëhna		 *karpëgissa
*karpëgihna
elative *karpëgësta *karpëgista
illative *karpëgësën *karpëgisën
adessive *karpëgëlla *karpëgilla
ablative *karpëgëlta *karpëgilta
allative *karpëgëlën
*karpëgëlëk		 *karpëgilën
*karpëgilëk
essive *karpëgëna *karpëgina
translative *karpëgëksi *karpëgiksi
instructive *karpëgën *karpëgin
comitative *karpëgënëk *karpëginëk
abessive *karpëgëtta *karpëgitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) karbe
  • Finnish: karve
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: karve
  • Ludian: karbe
  • Veps: karbe

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