Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pocka

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 earlier *počka, cognate with Proto-Samic *poackē. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*pocka

1. shank, shin

Inflection

Inflection of *pocka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*pocka	*pockat
accusative		*pockan	*pockat
genitive		*pockan	*pockadën *pockëidën
partitive		*pockada	*pockëida
inessive		*pockassa *pockahna	*pockëissa *pockëihna
elative		*pockasta	*pockëista
illative		*pockahën	*pockëihën
adessive		*pockalla	*pockëilla
ablative		*pockalta	*pockëilta
allative		*pockalën *pockalëk	*pockëilën *pockëilëk
essive		*pockana	*pockëina
translative		*pockaksi	*pockëiksi
instructive		*pockan	*pockëin
comitative		*pockanëk	*pockëinëk
abessive		*pockatta	*pockëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: põtk
• Finnish: potka
• Ingrian: potka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: potka
  • South Karelian: potka
• Livvi: potku
• Veps: potk

Further reading

• “põtk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “potka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN