Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/salakka

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 Kallio (2022), possibly derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śala- (“to flash, to lighten”) (whence also *salama) with the diminutive suffix +‎ *-kka, in reference to its silvery color.^[1]

Noun

*salakka^[2]

bleak (Alburnus alburnus)

Inflection

Inflection of *salakka

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*salakka	*salak'at
accusative	*salak'an	*salak'at
genitive	*salak'an	salakkadën salakkoidën
partitive	*salakkata	*salakkoita
inessive	salak'assa salak'ahna	salak'oissa salak'oihna
elative	*salak'asta	*salak'oista
illative	*salakkasën	*salakkoisën
adessive	*salak'alla	*salak'oilla
ablative	*salak'alta	*salak'oilta
allative	salakkalën salakkalëk	salakkoilën salakkoilëk
essive	*salakkana	*salakkoina
translative	*salak'aksi	*salak'oiksi
instructive	*salak'an	*salak'oin
comitative	*salakkanëk	*salakkoinëk
abessive	*salak'atta	*salak'oitta

Descendants

Estonian: salakas (< *salak'as)
Finnish: salakka
- → Swedish: (dialectal) salk
Karelian:
- North Karelian: šalakka
- South Karelian: šalakka
Livonian: salāk ("European smelt")
- → Latvian: salaka ("European smelt")
Ludian: salag, salak
Veps: salag
→ Russian: салака (salaka)

References

^ Petri Kallio (2022) “The etymology of Finnish laakso 'valley'”, in Jeremy Bradley, editor, Tonavan Laakso: Eine Festschrift für Johanna Laakso (Central European Uralic Studies), volume 2, Praesens Verlag, →ISBN, pages 56–62
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sala-kka(s)”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)