Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalki

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

Akin to Proto-Samic *kuolkë (“hair”), Erzya калго (kalgo), Moksha калга (kalga) (both "culm of a fibrous plant"). A common root *këlke could be reconstructed.

Noun

*kalki[1]

  1. single hair
  2. culm

Inflection

Inflection of *kalki
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kalki *kalgët
accusative *kalgën *kalgët
genitive *kalgën *kalkëdën
*kalkidën
partitive *kalkëda *kalkida
inessive *kalgëssa
*kalgëhna 		*kalgissa
*kalgihna
elative *kalgësta *kalgista
illative *kalkëhën *kalkihën
adessive *kalgëlla *kalgilla
ablative *kalgëlta *kalgilta
allative *kalkëlën
*kalkëlëk 		*kalkilën
*kalkilëk
essive *kalkëna *kalkina
translative *kalgëksi *kalgiksi
instructive *kalgën *kalgin
comitative *kalkënëk *kalkinëk
abessive *kalgëtta *kalgitta

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Finnish: (Tavastian dialects) kalki

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kalki”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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
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