Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/harakka

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

Etymology

Possibly of onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *śárˀkāˀ (whence Lithuanian šarka).[1][2]

Noun

*harakka

  1. magpie (bird of the genus Pica)

Inflection

Inflection of *harakka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *harakka *harak'at
accusative *harak'an *harak'at
genitive *harak'an *harakkadën
*harakkoidën
partitive *harakkata *harakkoita
inessive *harak'assa
*harak'ahna 		*harak'oissa
*harak'oihna
elative *harak'asta *harak'oista
illative *harakkasën *harakkoisën
adessive *harak'alla *harak'oilla
ablative *harak'alta *harak'oilta
allative *harakkalën
*harakkalëk 		*harakkoilën
*harakkoilëk
essive *harakkana *harakkoina
translative *harak'aksi *harak'oiksi
instructive *harak'an *harak'oin
comitative *harakkanëk *harakkoinëk
abessive *harak'atta *harak'oitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: harakas
  • Finnish: harakka
  • Ingrian: harakka
  • Karelian: harakka
  • Livonian: arāgõz
  • Livvi: harakku
  • Ludian: harak, harag
  • Veps: harag
  • Võro: harak
  • Votic: aragõ

Further reading

  • “harakas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*haraga”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “harakka”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 29 November 2022
  2. ^ “harakas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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