Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/surku
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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 *surgō.
Noun
*surku
Inflection
Inflection of *surku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *surku | *surgut | |
| accusative | *surgun | *surgut | |
| genitive | *surgun | *surkudën *surkuidën | |
| partitive | *surkuda | *surkuida | |
| inessive | *surgussa *surguhna |
*surguissa *surguihna | |
| elative | *surgusta | *surguista | |
| illative | *surkuhën | *surkuihën | |
| adessive | *surgulla | *surguilla | |
| ablative | *surgulta | *surguilta | |
| allative | *surkulën *surkulëk |
*surkuilën *surkuilëk | |
| essive | *surkuna | *surkuina | |
| translative | *surguksi | *surguiksi | |
| instructive | *surgun | *surguin | |
| comitative | *surkunëk | *surkuinëk | |
| abessive | *surgutta | *surguitta | |
Descendants
From *surku:
From *surko:
- Finnish: (dialectal) surko
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “surku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN