Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/herkkä

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 *heredä (“id.”) +‎ *-kkä.

Adjective

*herkkä[1]

  1. sensitive, delicate
  2. lively, brisk, perky

Inflection

Inflection of *herkkä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *herkkä *herk'ät
accusative *herk'än *herk'ät
genitive *herk'än *herkkäden
*herkkeiden
partitive *herkkädä *herkkeidä
inessive *herk'ässä
*herk'ähnä 		*herk'eissä
*herk'eihnä
elative *herk'ästä *herk'eistä
illative *herkkähen *herkkeihen
adessive *herk'ällä *herk'eillä
ablative *herk'ältä *herk'eiltä
allative *herkkälen
*herkkälek 		*herkkeilen
*herkkeilek
essive *herkkänä *herkkeinä
translative *herk'äksi *herk'eiksi
instructive *herk'än *herk'ein
comitative *herkkänek *herkkeinek
abessive *herk'ättä *herk'eittä

Descendants

  • ⇒ Estonian: erk
  • Finnish: herkkä
  • Ingrian: herkkä
  • Karelian: herkkä
  • ⇒ Livonian: erk
  • Veps: herk

References

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