Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/selkä
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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]From Proto-Finno-Permic *śelkä. Cognate to Proto-Samic *čielkē and Eastern Mari шӹлӹж (šÿlÿž, “area of the sacrum”).
Noun
[edit]*selkä[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *selkä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *selkä | *selgät | |
| accusative | *selgän | *selgät | |
| genitive | *selgän | *selkäden *selkeiden | |
| partitive | *selkädä | *selkeidä | |
| inessive | *selgässä *selgähnä |
*selgeissä *selgeihnä | |
| elative | *selgästä | *selgeistä | |
| illative | *selkähen | *selkeihen | |
| adessive | *selgällä | *selgeillä | |
| ablative | *selgältä | *selgeiltä | |
| allative | *selkälen *selkälek |
*selkeilen *selkeilek | |
| essive | *selkänä | *selkeinä | |
| translative | *selgäksi | *selgeiksi | |
| instructive | *selgän | *selgein | |
| comitative | *selkänek | *selkeinek | |
| abessive | *selgättä | *selgeittä | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: selg
- Finnish: selkä
- Ingrian: selkä
- Karelian:
- Ludian: sel'g
- Veps: sel'g
- Võro: sälg
- Votic: seltše
- → Proto-Samic: *sealkē (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: сельга (selʹga)