Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/salakka
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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]According to Kallio (2022), possibly derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śala- (“to flash, to lighten”) (whence also *salama) with the diminutive suffix + *-kka.[1]
Noun
[edit]*salakka[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *salakka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *salakka | *salak'at | |
| accusative | *salak'an | *salak'at | |
| genitive | *salak'an | *salakkadën *salakkoidën | |
| partitive | *salakkata | *salakkoita | |
| inessive | *salak'assa *salak'ahna |
*salak'oissa *salak'oihna | |
| elative | *salak'asta | *salak'oista | |
| illative | *salakkasën | *salakkoisën | |
| adessive | *salak'alla | *salak'oilla | |
| ablative | *salak'alta | *salak'oilta | |
| allative | *salakkalën *salakkalëk |
*salakkoilën *salakkoilëk | |
| essive | *salakkana | *salakkoina | |
| translative | *salak'aksi | *salak'oiksi | |
| instructive | *salak'an | *salak'oin | |
| comitative | *salakkanëk | *salakkoinëk | |
| abessive | *salak'atta | *salak'oitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: salakas (< *salak'as)
- Finnish: salakka
- → Swedish: (dialectal) salk
- Karelian:
- Livonian: salāk ("European smelt")
- → Latvian: salaka ("European smelt")
- Ludian: salag, salak
- Veps: salag
- → Russian: салака (salaka)
References
[edit]- ^ Petri Kallio (2022) “The etymology of Finnish laakso 'valley'”, in Jeremy Bradley, editor, Tonavan Laakso: Eine Festschrift für Johanna Laakso (Central European Uralic Studies), volume 2, Praesens Verlag, →ISBN, pages 56–62
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sala-kka(s)”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][1] (in Finnish)
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “salakka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN