Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/herkkä

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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

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Etymology

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From *heredä (id.) +‎ *-kkä.

Adjective

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*herkkä[1]

  1. sensitive, delicate
  2. lively, brisk, perky

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: herkkä
  • Ingrian: herkkä
  • Karelian: herkkä
  • Veps: herk

From original *herkka:

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*herkkä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)