Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nërkka
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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 from Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?]. Potential non-Balto-Finnic cognates include Erzya нурька (nuŕka, “short”).
Adjective
[edit]*nërkka[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *nërkka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nërkka | *nërk'at | |
| accusative | *nërk'an | *nërk'at | |
| genitive | *nërk'an | *nërkkadën *nërkkoidën | |
| partitive | *nërkkada | *nërkkoida | |
| inessive | *nërk'assa *nërk'ahna |
*nërk'oissa *nërk'oihna | |
| elative | *nërk'asta | *nërk'oista | |
| illative | *nërkkahën | *nërkkoihën | |
| adessive | *nërk'alla | *nërk'oilla | |
| ablative | *nërk'alta | *nërk'oilta | |
| allative | *nërkkalën *nërkkalëk |
*nërkkoilën *nërkkoilëk | |
| essive | *nërkkana | *nërkkoina | |
| translative | *nërk'aksi | *nërk'oiksi | |
| instructive | *nërk'an | *nërk'oin | |
| comitative | *nërkkanëk | *nërkkoinëk | |
| abessive | *nërk'atta | *nërk'oitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: nõrk
- Finnish: (dialectal) nerkko, nerko
- Livonian: nȭrka
- Võro: nõrk
- >? Votic: (Jõgõperä, rare) nõrkka
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “nõrk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012