Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sarka
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *sarka (“branch?”). Cognates include Proto-Samic *suorkē (“branch”), Tundra Nenets [script needed] (tārka, “branch”).
Noun
*sarka[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *sarka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sarka | *sargat | |
| accusative | *sargan | *sargat | |
| genitive | *sargan | *sarkadën *sarkoidën | |
| partitive | *sarkada | *sarkoida | |
| inessive | *sargassa *sargahna |
*sargoissa *sargoihna | |
| elative | *sargasta | *sargoista | |
| illative | *sarkahën | *sarkoihën | |
| adessive | *sargalla | *sargoilla | |
| ablative | *sargalta | *sargoilta | |
| allative | *sarkalën *sarkalëk |
*sarkoilën *sarkoilëk | |
| essive | *sarkana | *sarkoina | |
| translative | *sargaksi | *sargoiksi | |
| instructive | *sargan | *sargoin | |
| comitative | *sarkanëk | *sarkoinëk | |
| abessive | *sargatta | *sargoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: sarg (“patch (of land)”)
- Finnish: sarka (“patch (of land); wadmal (fabric); (dialectal) band of birchbark; (dialectal) panel of woven fabric”)
- Ingrian: sarka (“patch (of land); wadmal (fabric)”)
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: šarka (“wadmal (fabric); band of birchbark; patch (of land)”)
- North Karelian: šarga (“wadmal (fabric); band of birchbark; (dialectal) patch (of land)”)
- Livvi: sargu (“wadmal (fabric); band of birchbark; patch (of land)”)
- Ludian: sarg (“band (of fabric, birchbark, bast, etc.)”)
- Veps: sarg (“band (of fabric, birchbark, bast, etc.); patch (of land)”)
- Votic: sarkõ (“patch (of land)”)