Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/üskä

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, but cognate with Proto-Samic *ëskē, suggesting earlier *üskä.

Noun

*üskä[1]

  1. lap (upper legs of a seated person)
    Synonym: *süli

Inflection

Inflection of *üskä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *üskä *üskät
accusative *üskän *üskät
genitive *üskän *üskäden
*üskeiden
partitive *üskädä *üskeidä
inessive *üskässä
*üskähnä 		*üskeissä
*üskeihnä
elative *üskästä *üskeistä
illative *üskähen *üskeihen
adessive *üskällä *üskeillä
ablative *üskältä *üskeiltä
allative *üskälen
*üskälek 		*üskeilen
*üskeilek
essive *üskänä *üskeinä
translative *üskäksi *üskeiksi
instructive *üskän *üskein
comitative *üskänek *üskeinek
abessive *üskättä *üskeittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: üsk
  • >? Finnish: yskä (“cough”)
  • Karelian: yškä
  • Livvi: ysky
  • Ludian: üsk
  • Veps: üsk
  • Võro: üsk

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*üskä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “üsk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “yskä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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
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