Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/selkä

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *śelkä. Cognate to Proto-Samic *čielkē and Eastern Mari шӹлӹж (šÿlÿž, area of the sacrum).

Noun

*selkä[1]

  1. back (of body or object)
  2. ridge

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: selg
  • Finnish: selkä
  • Ingrian: selkä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šelkä
    • South Karelian: šelgä
  • Ludian: sel'g
  • Veps: sel'g
  • Votic: seltše
  • Proto-Samic: *sealkē (see there for further descendants)
  • Russian: сельга (selʹga)

From *sälkä:

  • Livonian: sǟlga
  • Võro: sälg

References

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