Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hërkku

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

Probably *herkkä ~ *hërkka +‎ *-u. Perhaps either in the sense of "something that easily goes down the mouth", or the development could be compared to that of English delicate.

Noun

*hërkku

  1. delicacy (pleasing food)

Inflection

Inflection of *hërkku
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hërkku *hërk'ut
accusative *hërk'un *hërk'ut
genitive *hërk'un *hërkkudën
*hërkkuidën
partitive *hërkkuda *hërkkuida
inessive *hërk'ussa
*hërk'uhna 		*hërk'uissa
*hërk'uihna
elative *hërk'usta *hërk'uista
illative *hërkkuhën *hërkkuihën
adessive *hërk'ulla *hërk'uilla
ablative *hërk'ulta *hërk'uilta
allative *hërkkulën
*hërkkulëk 		*hërkkuilën
*hërkkuilëk
essive *hërkkuna *hërkkuina
translative *hërk'uksi *hërk'uiksi
instructive *hërk'un *hërk'uin
comitative *hërkkunëk *hërkkuinëk
abessive *hërk'utta *hërk'uitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: hõrk
  • Finnish: herkku
  • Ingrian: herkku
  • Karelian: herkku
  • Livvi: herkku
  • Votic: (Mati, Pummala) erkku

Further reading

  • “hõrk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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