Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kärki

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 Proto-Finno-Permic *kärke, possibly ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

*kärki[1]

  1. black woodpecker

Inflection

Inflection of *kärki
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kärki *kärget
accusative *kärgen *kärget
genitive *kärgen *kärkeden
*kärkiden
partitive *kärkedä *kärkidä
inessive *kärgessä
*kärgehnä 		*kärgissä
*kärgihnä
elative *kärgestä *kärgistä
illative *kärkehen *kärkihen
adessive *kärgellä *kärgillä
ablative *kärgeltä *kärgiltä
allative *kärkelen
*kärkelek 		*kärkilen
*kärkilek
essive *kärkenä *kärkinä
translative *kärgeksi *kärgiksi
instructive *kärgen *kärgin
comitative *kärkenek *kärkinek
abessive *kärgettä *kärgittä

Descendants

  • Finnish: (obsolete) kärki, ⇒ palokärki
  • Ingrian: kärki
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kärgi
  • Ludian: kärg
  • Veps: kärg
  • Võro: kärg'

References

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

Further reading

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