Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kërta

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kerdā (whence Lithuanian *kerda > kerdžius (“herdsman (in turn)”), Old Prussian kērdā).

Noun

*kërta

1. time, occasion

Inflection

Inflection of *kërta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kërta	*kërdat
accusative		*kërdan	*kërdat
genitive		*kërdan	*kërtadën *kërtoidën
partitive		*kërtada	*kërtoida
inessive		*kërdassa *kërdahna	*kërdoissa *kërdoihna
elative		*kërdasta	*kërdoista
illative		*kërtahën	*kërtoihën
adessive		*kërdalla	*kërdoilla
ablative		*kërdalta	*kërdoilta
allative		*kërtalën *kërtalëk	*kërtoilën *kërtoilëk
essive		*kërtana	*kërtoina
translative		*kërdaksi	*kërdoiksi
instructive		*kërdan	*kërdoin
comitative		*kërtanëk	*kërtoinëk
abessive		*kërdatta	*kërdoitta

Derived terms

• *kërdat'ak

Descendants

• Estonian: kord
• Finnish: kerta
• Ingrian: kerta
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kerta
  • South Karelian: kerda
• Livonian: kȭrda
• Livvi: kerdu
• Ludian: kier
• Veps: kerd
• Võro: kõrd
• Votic: kõrtõ

Further reading

• “kord”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012