Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sorka
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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
Unknown. Possibly from *sormi + *-ka or the two are parallel derivatives.
Noun
*sorka
- cloven hoof (divided hoof, as in bovine animals)
Inflection
Inflection of *sorka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sorka | *sorgat | |
| accusative | *sorgan | *sorgat | |
| genitive | *sorgan | *sorkadën *sorkëidën | |
| partitive | *sorkada | *sorkëida | |
| inessive | *sorgassa *sorgahna |
*sorgëissa *sorgëihna | |
| elative | *sorgasta | *sorgëista | |
| illative | *sorkahën | *sorkëihën | |
| adessive | *sorgalla | *sorgëilla | |
| ablative | *sorgalta | *sorgëilta | |
| allative | *sorkalën *sorkalëk |
*sorkëilën *sorkëilëk | |
| essive | *sorkana | *sorkëina | |
| translative | *sorgaksi | *sorgëiksi | |
| instructive | *sorgan | *sorgëin | |
| comitative | *sorkanëk | *sorkëinëk | |
| abessive | *sorgatta | *sorgëitta | |
Descendants
From *sorka:
From *sorkka:
Further reading
- “sõrg”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012