Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/arki
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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 *argį̄ or *argijǭ (whence Old Norse ergi and Proto-Norse ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ (ᴀrᴀgeu)).
Noun
*arki
Inflection
Inflection of *arki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *arki | *argët | |
| accusative | *argën | *argët | |
| genitive | *argën | *arkëdën *arkidën | |
| partitive | *arkëda | *arkida | |
| inessive | *argëssa *argëhna |
*argissa *argihna | |
| elative | *argësta | *argista | |
| illative | *arkëhën | *arkihën | |
| adessive | *argëlla | *argilla | |
| ablative | *argëlta | *argilta | |
| allative | *arkëlën *arkëlëk |
*arkilën *arkilëk | |
| essive | *arkëna | *arkina | |
| translative | *argëksi | *argiksi | |
| instructive | *argën | *argin | |
| comitative | *arkënëk | *arkinëk | |
| abessive | *argëtta | *argitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ⇒ argine
- Finnish: arki
- Ingrian: arki
- Karelian:
- Livvi: argi
- Ludian: arg
- Veps: ar'g
- Votic: artši
- → Proto-Samic: *ārkë (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “argine”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “arki”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä (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