Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kerkedä

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

Unknown, but apparently contains the suffix *-ëda.

Adjective

*kerkedä[1]

  1. quick, prompt
  2. light (of low weight)

Inflection

Inflection of *kerkedä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kerkedä *kerkedät
accusative *kerkedän *kerkedät
genitive *kerkedän *kerkedäden
*kerkedeiden
partitive *kerkedätä *kerkedeitä
inessive *kerkedässä
*kerkedähnä 		*kerkedeissä
*kerkedeihnä
elative *kerkedästä *kerkedeistä
illative *kerkedäsen *kerkedeisen
adessive *kerkedällä *kerkedeillä
ablative *kerkedältä *kerkedeiltä
allative *kerkedälen
*kerkedälek 		*kerkedeilen
*kerkedeilek
essive *kerkedänä *kerkedeinä
translative *kerkedäksi *kerkedeiksi
instructive *kerkedän *kerkedein
comitative *kerkedänek *kerkedeinek
abessive *kerkedättä *kerkedeittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: kerge
  • Finnish: kerkeä
  • Ingrian: kerkiä
  • Karelian: kerkie
  • Livonian: kierdõ
  • Livvi: kergie
  • Ludian: kerged
  • Võro: kerge
  • Votic: kerkiä

References

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

Further reading

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