Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/halko

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

From *halgët'ak +‎ *-o.

Noun

*halko^[1]

piece of firewood, billet

Inflection

Inflection of *halko

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*halko	*halgot
accusative	*halgon	*halgot
genitive	*halgon	halkodën halkoidën
partitive	*halkoda	*halkoida
inessive	halgossa halgohna	halgoissa halgoihna
elative	*halgosta	*halgoista
illative	*halkohën	*halkoihën
adessive	*halgolla	*halgoilla
ablative	*halgolta	*halgoilta
allative	halkolën halkolëk	halkoilën halkoilëk
essive	*halkona	*halkoina
translative	*halgoksi	*halgoiksi
instructive	*halgon	*halgoin
comitative	*halkonëk	*halkoinëk
abessive	*halgotta	*halgoitta

Descendants

Estonian: halg
Finnish: halko
Ingrian: halko
Karelian: halko, halgo
Livonian: alg
Livvi: halgo
Ludian: halg
Veps: haug
Võro: halg
Votic: alko

References

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

“halg”, 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), “haljeta”, 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

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

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