Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tilkka

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 SSA and EES, sound-symbolic.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*tilkka^[3]

drop (small amount of liquid)
Synonym: *pisara

Inflection

Inflection of *tilkka

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*tilkka	*tilk'at
accusative	*tilk'an	*tilk'at
genitive	*tilk'an	tilkkadën tilkkoidën
partitive	*tilkkada	*tilkkoida
inessive	tilk'assa tilk'ahna	tilk'oissa tilk'oihna
elative	*tilk'asta	*tilk'oista
illative	*tilkkahën	*tilkkoihën
adessive	*tilk'alla	*tilk'oilla
ablative	*tilk'alta	*tilk'oilta
allative	tilkkalën tilkkalëk	tilkkoilën tilkkoilëk
essive	*tilkkana	*tilkkoina
translative	*tilk'aksi	*tilk'oiksi
instructive	*tilk'an	*tilk'oin
comitative	*tilkkanëk	*tilkkoinëk
abessive	*tilk'atta	*tilk'oitta

Derived terms

*tilkkudak

Descendants

Estonian: tilk
Finnish: tilkka
Ingrian: tilkka
Karelian:
- North Karelian: tilkka
- South Karelian: tilkka
Livonian: tīlka
Livvi: tilku
Ludian: tilk
Võro: tsilk
Votic: tilkkõ

References

^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tilkka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (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
^ “tilk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tilkka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

[1] Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tilkka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (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

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

[3] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tilkka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

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