Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/askël
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *aśkele.
Noun
*askël[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *askël
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *askël | *askëlët | |
| accusative | *askëlën | *askëlët | |
| genitive | *askëlën | *askëldën *askëlidën | |
| partitive | *askëlta | *askëlita | |
| inessive | *askëlëssa *askëlëhna |
*askëlissa *askëlihna | |
| elative | *askëlësta | *askëlista | |
| illative | *askëlësën | *askëlisën | |
| adessive | *askëlëlla | *askëlilla | |
| ablative | *askëlëlta | *askëlilta | |
| allative | *askëlëlën *askëlëlëk |
*askëlilën *askëlilëk | |
| essive | *askëlla | *askëlina | |
| translative | *askëlëksi | *askëliksi | |
| instructive | *askëlën | *askëlin | |
| comitative | *askëllëk | *askëlinëk | |
| abessive | *askëlëtta | *askëlitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ⇒ askeldama/askeldada (“to bustle”)
- Finnish: askel
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: aškel
- South Karelian: (dialectal) aškel, aššel
- Livvi: askel
- Võro: asõl' (“chore, labor”)
References
Further reading
- “askel”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #31 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.