Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/olki
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *olke ~ *ulke, akin to Erzya олго (olgo) (< *ulke). Further origin unknown. As agricultural terminology, the word is unlikely to derive from Proto-Uralic; possibly from the Pre-West Uralic agricultural substrate.
Noun
*olki[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *olki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *olki | *olgët | |
| accusative | *olgën | *olgët | |
| genitive | *olgën | *olkëdën *olkidën | |
| partitive | *olkëda | *olkida | |
| inessive | *olgëssa *olgëhna |
*olgissa *olgihna | |
| elative | *olgësta | *olgista | |
| illative | *olkëhën | *olkihën | |
| adessive | *olgëlla | *olgilla | |
| ablative | *olgëlta | *olgilta | |
| allative | *olkëlën *olkëlëk |
*olkilën *olkilëk | |
| essive | *olkëna | *olkina | |
| translative | *olgëksi | *olgiksi | |
| instructive | *olgën | *olgin | |
| comitative | *olkënëk | *olkinëk | |
| abessive | *olgëtta | *olgitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: õlg
- Finnish: olki
- Ingrian: olki
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: olki
- South Karelian: olgi
- Livonian: vȯļg
- Livvi: olgi
- Ludian: ol'g
- Veps: ol'g
- Võro: olg'
- Votic: õltši
- → Northern Sami: oalga
- → Inari Sami: olgâ
- → Skolt Sami: vuõllg
- → Kildin Sami: о̄ллк (ōllk)
Further reading
- “õlg”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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