Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sotka

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-Ugric *śoδka. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čoaδkē.

Noun

*sotka

  1. common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Inflection

Inflection of *sotka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sotka *sotkat
accusative *sotkan *sotkat
genitive *sotkan *sotkadën
*sotkëidën
partitive *sotkada *sotkëida
inessive *sotkassa
*sotkahna 		*sotkëissa
*sotkëihna
elative *sotkasta *sotkëista
illative *sotkahën *sotkëihën
adessive *sotkalla *sotkëilla
ablative *sotkalta *sotkëilta
allative *sotkalën
*sotkalëk 		*sotkëilën
*sotkëilëk
essive *sotkana *sotkëina
translative *sotkaksi *sotkëiksi
instructive *sotkan *sotkëin
comitative *sotkanëk *sotkëinëk
abessive *sotkatta *sotkëitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: sõtkas
  • Finnish: sotka
  • Karelian: sotka
  • Livvi: sotku
  • Ludian: sotk
  • Veps: sotk

Further reading

  • “sõtkas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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