Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hërkku
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly *herkkä + *-u. Perhaps either in the sense of "something that easily goes down the mouth", or the development could be compared to that of English delicate.
Noun
[edit]*hërkku
- delicacy (pleasing food)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *hërkku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hërkku | *hërk'ut | |
| accusative | *hërk'un | *hërk'ut | |
| genitive | *hërk'un | *hërkkudën *hërkkuidën | |
| partitive | *hërkkuda | *hërkkuida | |
| inessive | *hërk'ussa *hërk'uhna |
*hërk'uissa *hërk'uihna | |
| elative | *hërk'usta | *hërk'uista | |
| illative | *hërkkuhën | *hërkkuihën | |
| adessive | *hërk'ulla | *hërk'uilla | |
| ablative | *hërk'ulta | *hërk'uilta | |
| allative | *hërkkulën *hërkkulëk |
*hërkkuilën *hërkkuilëk | |
| essive | *hërkkuna | *hërkkuina | |
| translative | *hërk'uksi | *hërk'uiksi | |
| instructive | *hërk'un | *hërk'uin | |
| comitative | *hërkkunëk | *hërkkuinëk | |
| abessive | *hërk'utta | *hërk'uitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: hõrk
- Finnish: herkku
- → Northern Sami: hersko
- Ingrian: herkku
- → Votic: herkku
- Karelian: herkku
- Livvi: herkku
- Votic: (Mati, Pummala) erkku
Further reading
[edit]- “hõrk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012