Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/arkku
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*arku), from Proto-Germanic *arkō, from Latin arca.
Noun
*arkku (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
Inflection of *arkku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *arkku | *ark'ut | |
| accusative | *ark'un | *ark'ut | |
| genitive | *ark'un | *arkkudën *arkkuidën | |
| partitive | *arkkuda | *arkkuida | |
| inessive | *ark'ussa *ark'uhna |
*ark'uissa *ark'uihna | |
| elative | *ark'usta | *ark'uista | |
| illative | *arkkuhën | *arkkuihën | |
| adessive | *ark'ulla | *ark'uilla | |
| ablative | *ark'ulta | *ark'uilta | |
| allative | *arkkulën *arkkulëk |
*arkkuilën *arkkuilëk | |
| essive | *arkkuna | *arkkuina | |
| translative | *ark'uksi | *ark'uiksi | |
| instructive | *ark'un | *ark'uin | |
| comitative | *arkkunëk | *arkkuinëk | |
| abessive | *ark'utta | *ark'uitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: arkku
- → Northern Sami: árku
- → Inari Sami: árkku
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: arkku (possibly borrowed from Finnish)
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “arkku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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