Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/itku
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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
*itku
Declension
Inflection of *itku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *itku | *itkut | |
| accusative | *itkun | *itkut | |
| genitive | *itkun | *itkudën *itkuidën | |
| partitive | *itkuda | *itkuida | |
| inessive | *itkussa *itkuhna |
*itkuissa *itkuihna | |
| elative | *itkusta | *itkuista | |
| illative | *itkuhën | *itkuihën | |
| adessive | *itkulla | *itkuilla | |
| ablative | *itkulta | *itkuilta | |
| allative | *itkulën *itkulëk |
*itkuilën *itkuilëk | |
| essive | *itkuna | *itkuina | |
| translative | *itkuksi | *itkuiksi | |
| instructive | *itkun | *itkuin | |
| comitative | *itkunëk | *itkuinëk | |
| abessive | *itkutta | *itkuitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: itk
- Finnish: itku
- Ingrian: itku
- Karelian: itku
- Livvi: itku
- Ludian: itk
- Veps: itk
- Võro: ikk
- Votic: itku
Further reading
- “itkema”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012