Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/alku
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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
Noun
*alku
Inflection
Inflection of *alku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *alku | *algut | |
| accusative | *algun | *algut | |
| genitive | *algun | *alkudën *alkuidën | |
| partitive | *alkuda | *alkuida | |
| inessive | *algussa *alguhna |
*alguissa *alguihna | |
| elative | *algusta | *alguista | |
| illative | *alkuhën | *alkuihën | |
| adessive | *algulla | *alguilla | |
| ablative | *algulta | *alguilta | |
| allative | *alkulën *alkulëk |
*alkuilën *alkuilëk | |
| essive | *alkuna | *alkuina | |
| translative | *alguksi | *alguiksi | |
| instructive | *algun | *alguin | |
| comitative | *alkunëk | *alkuinëk | |
| abessive | *algutta | *alguitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: alg
- Finnish: alku
- Ingrian: alku
- Karelian:
- Livvi: algu
- Veps: aug
- Votic: alku
- →? Proto-Samic: *ālkō
- Northern Sami: álgu
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “alkaa”, 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