Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/turkki

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, probably of sound-symbolic origin and related to *turri.^[1]

Noun

*turkki (Northern Finnic)

fur (hairy coat of various mammal species)
fur coat

Inflection

Inflection of *turkki

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*turkki	*turk'it
accusative	*turk'in	*turk'it
genitive	*turk'in	turkkidën turkkëjidën
partitive	*turkkida	*turkkëjita
inessive	turk'issa turk'ihna	turkkëjissa turkkëjihna
elative	*turk'ista	*turkkëjista
illative	*turkkihën	*turkkëjisën
adessive	*turk'illa	*turkkëjilla
ablative	*turk'ilta	*turkkëjilta
allative	turkkilën turkkilëk	turkkëjilën turkkëjilëk
essive	*turkkina	*turkkëjina
translative	*turk'iksi	*turkkëjiksi
instructive	*turk'in	*turkkëjin
comitative	*turkkinëk	*turkkëjinëk
abessive	*turk'itta	*turkkëjitta

Descendants

Finnish: turkki
Ingrian: turkki
- → Votic: turkki
Karelian: turkki
Livvi: turki
Ludian: turk
→ Inari Sami: turkkâ
→ Kildin Sami: то̄ҏҏк (tōr̥r̥k)
→ Northern Sami: dorka
→ Skolt Sami: torkk
→ Ter Sami: tor̄k

References

^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “turkki”, 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

[1] Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “turkki”, 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

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