Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/arka
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *argaz.
Adjective
*arka[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *arka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *arka | *argat | |
| accusative | *argan | *argat | |
| genitive | *argan | *arkadën *arkoidën | |
| partitive | *arkada | *arkoida | |
| inessive | *argassa *argahna |
*argoissa *argoihna | |
| elative | *argasta | *argoista | |
| illative | *arkahën | *arkoihën | |
| adessive | *argalla | *argoilla | |
| ablative | *argalta | *argoilta | |
| allative | *arkalën *arkalëk |
*arkoilën *arkoilëk | |
| essive | *arkana | *arkoina | |
| translative | *argaksi | *argoiksi | |
| instructive | *argan | *argoin | |
| comitative | *arkanëk | *arkoinëk | |
| abessive | *argatta | *argoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: arg
- Finnish: arka
- Ingrian: arka
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ārga
- Livvi: argu
- Ludian: arg
- Veps: arg
- Võro: arg
- Votic: arkõ
- → Proto-Samic: *ārkē (see there for further descendants)
References
Further reading
- “arg”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012