Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ko

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

Probably ultimately from Proto-Uralic *ko-.

Particle

*-ko

1. Makes a clause interrogative.

Reconstruction notes

• It is uncertain whether (suffixal) gradation applied to the clitic; it may have still been interpreted as a specialized use of an independent question word.

Descendants

• ⇒ Estonian: eks (archaic, dialectal) (< *ei-ko-s)
• Finnish: -ko
• Ingrian: -k, -ko
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: -ko
  • South Karelian: -go
• Livvi: -go
• Ludian: -go
• ⇒? Veps: -ik
• Votic: -ko