Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nërkka

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?]. Potential non-Balto-Finnic cognates include Erzya нурька (nuŕka, “short”).

Adjective

*nërkka[1]

  1. weak, feeble, frail

Inflection

Inflection of *nërkka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nërkka *nërk'at
accusative *nërk'an *nërk'at
genitive *nërk'an *nërkkadën
*nërkkoidën
partitive *nërkkada *nërkkoida
inessive *nërk'assa
*nërk'ahna 		*nërk'oissa
*nërk'oihna
elative *nërk'asta *nërk'oista
illative *nërkkahën *nërkkoihën
adessive *nërk'alla *nërk'oilla
ablative *nërk'alta *nërk'oilta
allative *nërkkalën
*nërkkalëk 		*nërkkoilën
*nërkkoilëk
essive *nërkkana *nërkkoina
translative *nërk'aksi *nërk'oiksi
instructive *nërk'an *nërk'oin
comitative *nërkkanëk *nërkkoinëk
abessive *nërk'atta *nërk'oitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: nõrk
  • Finnish: (dialectal) nerkko, nerko
  • Livonian: nȭrka
  • Võro: nõrk
  • >? Votic: (Jõgõperä, rare) nõrkka

References

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

Further reading

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