Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vërka
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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. Borrowing from Proto-Germanic *werką is unlikely.
Noun
[edit]*vërka
- gusset (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vërka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vërka | *vërgat | |
| accusative | *vërgan | *vërgat | |
| genitive | *vërgan | *vërkadën *vërkoidën | |
| partitive | *vërkada | *vërkoida | |
| inessive | *vërgassa *vërgahna |
*vërgoissa *vërgoihna | |
| elative | *vërgasta | *vërgoista | |
| illative | *vërkahën | *vërkoihën | |
| adessive | *vërgalla | *vërgoilla | |
| ablative | *vërgalta | *vërgoilta | |
| allative | *vërkalën *vërkalëk |
*vërkoilën *vërkoilëk | |
| essive | *vërkana | *vërkoina | |
| translative | *vërgaksi | *vërgoiksi | |
| instructive | *vërgan | *vërgoin | |
| comitative | *vërkanëk | *vërkoinëk | |
| abessive | *vërgatta | *vërgoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: verka
- Ingrian: verka
- Karelian:
- Livvi: vergu
- Ludian: verg
- Veps: verg
- Votic: võrkkõ, (Mati) võrka
- → Proto-Samic: *vierkē (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “verka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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