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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kekri

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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 earlier *kekrä (whence Proto-Samic *keavrē), borrowed from early Proto-Indo-Iranian *ḱekrám (later *čakrám, whence Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, cycle of seasons”)).

Noun

*kekri

  1. harvest festival

Inflection
Inflection of *kekri
singular plural
nominative *kekri *kekrit
accusative *kekrin *kekrit
genitive *kekrin *kekriden
*kekrejiden
partitive *kekridä *kekrejitä
inessive *kekrissä *kekrejissä
elative *kekristä *kekrejistä
illative *kekrihen *kekrejisen
adessive *kekrillä *kekrejillä
ablative *kekriltä *kekrejiltä
allative *kekrilen *kekrejilen
essive *kekrinä *kekrejinä
translative *kekriksi *kekrejiksi
instructive *kekrin *kekrejin
comitative *kekrinek *kekrejinek
abessive *kekriktä *kekrejiktä

Descendants
  • Finnish: kekri, (Eastern Savonia) keyri, keuri, (Western Savonia and Southern Ostrobothnia) köyri, (Tavastia and Northern Ostrobothnia) köyry
  • Karelian: (Northern) kekri, (Southern) kegri
  • Livvi: kegri

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kekri”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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