Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nokka

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-Uralic *nokka (compare Northern Khanty [script needed] (noχ-, “to peck”), Eastern Mansi [script needed] (nē̮k˳-, “to peck”)).

Noun

*nokka[1]

  1. beak, bill

Inflection

Inflection of *nokka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nokka *nok'at
accusative *nok'an *nok'at
genitive *nok'an *nokkadën
*nokkëidën
partitive *nokkada *nokkëida
inessive *nok'assa
*nok'ahna 		*nok'ëissa
*nok'ëihna
elative *nok'asta *nok'ëista
illative *nokkahën *nokkëihën
adessive *nok'alla *nok'ëilla
ablative *nok'alta *nok'ëilta
allative *nokkalën
*nokkalëk 		*nokkëilën
*nokkëilëk
essive *nokkana *nokkëina
translative *nok'aksi *nok'ëiksi
instructive *nok'an *nok'ëin
comitative *nokkanëk *nokkëinëk
abessive *nok'atta *nok'ëitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: nokk
  • Finnish: nokka
  • Ingrian: nokka
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: nʹokku
  • Ludian: nʹokk
  • Veps: nʹok
  • Võro: nokk
  • Votic: nokkõ

References

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

Further reading

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