Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/selkä

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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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *śelkä. Cognate to Proto-Samic *čielkē and Eastern Mari шӹлӹж (šÿlÿž, area of the sacrum).

Noun

*selkä

  1. back (of body or object)
  2. ridge

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: selg
  • Finnish: selkä
  • Ingrian: selkä
  • Karelian:
  • Ludian: sel'g
  • Veps: sel'g
  • Võro: sälg
  • Votic: seltše
  • Proto-Samic: *sealkē (see there for further descendants)
  • Russian: сельга (selʹga)