Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sulku
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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
*sulku
Inflection
Inflection of *sulku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sulku | *sulgut | |
| accusative | *sulgun | *sulgut | |
| genitive | *sulgun | *sulkudën *sulkuidën | |
| partitive | *sulkuda | *sulkuida | |
| inessive | *sulgussa *sulguhna |
*sulguissa *sulguihna | |
| elative | *sulgusta | *sulguista | |
| illative | *sulkuhën | *sulkuihën | |
| adessive | *sulgulla | *sulguilla | |
| ablative | *sulgulta | *sulguilta | |
| allative | *sulkulën *sulkulëk |
*sulkuilën *sulkuilëk | |
| essive | *sulkuna | *sulkuina | |
| translative | *sulguksi | *sulguiksi | |
| instructive | *sulgun | *sulguin | |
| comitative | *sulkunëk | *sulkuinëk | |
| abessive | *sulgutta | *sulguitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: sulg
- Finnish: sulku
- Karelian:
- Livonian: sulg
- Võro: sulg
- Votic: sulku (Kattila, Kõrvõttula, Mati, Pummala)
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sulkea”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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