Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahku
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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
Etymology
From earlier *ašku, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.
Noun
*ahku
Inflection
Inflection of *ahku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ahku | *ahkut | |
| accusative | *ahkun | *ahkut | |
| genitive | *ahkun | *ahkudën *ahkuidën | |
| partitive | *ahkuda | *ahkuida | |
| inessive | *ahkussa *ahkuhna |
*ahkuissa *ahkuihna | |
| elative | *ahkusta | *ahkuista | |
| illative | *ahkuhën | *ahkuihën | |
| adessive | *ahkulla | *ahkuilla | |
| ablative | *ahkulta | *ahkuilta | |
| allative | *ahkulën *ahkulëk |
*ahkuilën *ahkuilëk | |
| essive | *ahkuna | *ahkuina | |
| translative | *ahkuksi | *ahkuiksi | |
| instructive | *ahkun | *ahkuin | |
| comitative | *ahkunëk | *ahkuinëk | |
| abessive | *ahkutta | *ahkuitta | |
Descendants
- >? Estonian: (dialectal) ahk ("down (soft feather)")
- Finnish: (dialectal, rare) ahku, aahku
- Karelian:
- Veps: ahkud
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ahku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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