Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vëlka

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

Unknown.

Noun

*vëlka[1]

  1. debt

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: võlg
  • Finnish: velka
  • Ingrian: velka
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: vȭlga
  • Livvi: velgu
  • Ludian: velg
  • Veps: velg
  • Võro: võlg
  • Votic: võlkõ
  • Proto-Samic: *vealkē (see there for further descendants)

References

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

Further reading

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