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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hapci

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 from Proto-Uralic *ëpte. The initial h would be irregular, but could be due to the influence of *hibus (“hair”). Cf. also Finnish haiven.

Noun

*hapci

  1. hair

Inflection
Inflection of *hapci
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hapci *hapcet
accusative *hapcen *hapcet
genitive *hapcen *hacten
*hapciden
partitive *hacta *hapcida
inessive *hapcessa
*hapcehna		 *hapcissa
*hapcihna
elative *hapcesta *hapcista
illative *hapcehen *hapcihen
adessive *hapcella *hapcilla
ablative *hapcelta *hapcilta
allative *hapcelen
*hapcelek		 *hapcilen
*hapcilek
essive *hapcena *hapcina
translative *hapceksi *hapciksi
instructive *hapcen *hapcin
comitative *hapcenek *hapcinek
abessive *hapcetta *hapcitta

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Finnish: hapsi
  •  ? Livonian: *hapcikkas > äpškõz (“leftover warps used as sewing thread”)

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