Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nëkla
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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 *nēþlō.
Noun
*nëkla[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *nëkla
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nëkla | *nëklat | |
| accusative | *nëklan | *nëklat | |
| genitive | *nëklan | *nëkladën *nëkloidën | |
| partitive | *nëklada | *nëkloida | |
| inessive | *nëklassa *nëklahna |
*nëkloissa *nëkloihna | |
| elative | *nëklasta | *nëkloista | |
| illative | *nëklahën | *nëkloihën | |
| adessive | *nëklalla | *nëkloilla | |
| ablative | *nëklalta | *nëkloilta | |
| allative | *nëklalën *nëklalëk |
*nëkloilën *nëkloilëk | |
| essive | *nëklana | *nëkloina | |
| translative | *nëklaksi | *nëkloiksi | |
| instructive | *nëklan | *nëkloin | |
| comitative | *nëklanëk | *nëkloinëk | |
| abessive | *nëklatta | *nëkloitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: nõel
- Finnish: neula
- Ingrian: neegla
- Karelian:
- Livonian: nõ’ggõl
- Livvi: nieglu
- Ludian: niegl
- Veps: negl
- Võro: nõkl, nõgõl, nõgyl'
- Votic: niglõ
References
Further reading
- “nõel”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012