Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuka

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

According to SSA and EES, probably sound-symbolic.[1][2]

Noun

*nuka

  1. knife
    Synonyms: *kuras, *väicci

Inflection

Inflection of *nuka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nuka *nugat
accusative *nugan *nugat
genitive *nugan *nukadën
*nukëidën
partitive *nukada *nukëida
inessive *nugassa
*nugahna 		*nugëissa
*nugëihna
elative *nugasta *nugëista
illative *nukahën *nukëihën
adessive *nugalla *nugëilla
ablative *nugalta *nugëilta
allative *nukalën
*nukalëk 		*nukëilën
*nukëilëk
essive *nukana *nukëina
translative *nugaksi *nugëiksi
instructive *nugan *nugëin
comitative *nukanëk *nukëinëk
abessive *nugatta *nugëitta

Descendants

From *nuka:

  • Estonian: nuga

From *nükä (“small and/or blunt knife”):

  • Finnish: (dialectal) nykä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: nykä
    • South Karelian: nygä
  • Livvi: nygä
  • Veps: nüga

References

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “nykä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  2. ^ “nuga”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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