Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vëlka
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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]Unknown.
Noun
[edit]*vëlka[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vëlka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vëlka | *vëlgat | |
| accusative | *vëlgan | *vëlgat | |
| genitive | *vëlgan | *vëlkadën *vëlkoidën | |
| partitive | *vëlkada | *vëlkoida | |
| inessive | *vëlgassa *vëlgahna |
*vëlgoissa *vëlgoihna | |
| elative | *vëlgasta | *vëlgoista | |
| illative | *vëlkahën | *vëlkoihën | |
| adessive | *vëlgalla | *vëlgoilla | |
| ablative | *vëlgalta | *vëlgoilta | |
| allative | *vëlkalën *vëlkalëk |
*vëlkoilën *vëlkoilëk | |
| essive | *vëlkana | *vëlkoina | |
| translative | *vëlgaksi | *vëlgoiksi | |
| instructive | *vëlgan | *vëlgoin | |
| comitative | *vëlkanëk | *vëlkoinëk | |
| abessive | *vëlgatta | *vëlgoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: võlg
- Finnish: velka
- Ingrian: velka
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vȭlga
- Livvi: velgu
- Ludian: velg
- Veps: velg
- Võro: võlg
- Votic: võlkõ
- → Proto-Samic: *vealkē (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “võlg”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012