Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kanarba

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

Unknown.

Noun

*kanarba

1. heather (Calluna vulgaris)

Inflection

Inflection of *kanarba

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kanarba	*kanarbat
accusative		*kanarban	*kanarbat
genitive		*kanarban	*kanarbadën *kanarboidën
partitive		*kanarbata	*kanarboita
inessive		*kanarbassa *kanarbahna	*kanarboissa *kanarboihna
elative		*kanarbasta	*kanarboista
illative		*kanarbasën	*kanarboisën
adessive		*kanarballa	*kanarboilla
ablative		*kanarbalta	*kanarboilta
allative		*kanarbalën *kanarbalëk	*kanarboilën *kanarboilëk
essive		*kanarbana	*kanarboina
translative		*kanarbaksi	*kanarboiksi
instructive		*kanarban	*kanarboin
comitative		*kanarbanëk	*kanarboinëk
abessive		*kanarbatta	*kanarboitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kanarbik
• Finnish: kanerva, (dialectal) kanarva
• Ingrian: kanerva
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kanarvo, kanarva
  • South Karelian: kanarvo, kanarva
• Livvi: kanabro
• Ludian: kanabr
• Veps: kanabr
• Võro: kanarv, kanaarv
• Votic: kanõrvo, (Mati, Kõrvõttula) kanabro
• → Russian: (dialectal) канáбра (kanábra)

Further reading

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