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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/keri

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kere. Cognates include Hungarian köré.

Noun

*keri

  1. hoop, ring, circle

Inflection
Inflection of *keri
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *keri *keret
accusative *keren *keret
genitive *keren *kerden
*keriden
partitive *kertä *keridä
inessive *keressä
*kerehnä		 *kerissä
*kerihnä
elative *kerestä *keristä
illative *kerehen *kerihen
adessive *kerellä *kerillä
ablative *kereltä *keriltä
allative *kerelen
*kerelek		 *kerilen
*kerilek
essive *kernä *kerinä
translative *kereksi *keriksi
instructive *keren *kerin
comitative *kernek *kerinek
abessive *kerettä *kerittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: kere, (dialectal) keri
  • Finnish: keri
  • Livonian: kõ’r
  • Votic: tšeri

Further reading
  • “kere”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #288 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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