Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nëkla

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-Germanic *nēþlō.

Noun

*nëkla

1. needle (sewing implement)

   Synonym: *äimä

Inflection

Inflection of *nëkla

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*nëkla	*nëklat
accusative		*nëklan	*nëklat
genitive		*nëklan	*nëkladën *nëkloidën
partitive		*nëklada	*nëkloida
inessive		*nëklassa *nëklahna	*nëkloissa *nëkloihna
elative		*nëklasta	*nëkloista
illative		*nëklahën	*nëkloihën
adessive		*nëklalla	*nëkloilla
ablative		*nëklalta	*nëkloilta
allative		*nëklalën *nëklalëk	*nëkloilën *nëkloilëk
essive		*nëklana	*nëkloina
translative		*nëklaksi	*nëkloiksi
instructive		*nëklan	*nëkloin
comitative		*nëklanëk	*nëkloinëk
abessive		*nëklatta	*nëkloitta

Descendants

• Estonian: nõel
• Finnish: neula
• Ingrian: neegla
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: niekla
  • South Karelian: niegla
• Livonian: nõ’ggõl
• Livvi: nieglu
• Ludian: niegl
• Veps: negl
• Võro: nõkl, nõgõl, nõgyl'
• Votic: niglõ

Further reading

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