Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/urka
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Probably related to *orko and *ura.
Noun edit
*urka
Inflection edit
Inflection of *urka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *urka | *urgat | |
| accusative | *urgan | *urgat | |
| genitive | *urgan | *urkadën *urkëidën | |
| partitive | *urkada | *urkëida | |
| inessive | *urgassa *urgahna |
*urgëissa *urgëihna | |
| elative | *urgasta | *urgëista | |
| illative | *urkahën | *urkëihën | |
| adessive | *urgalla | *urgëilla | |
| ablative | *urgalta | *urgëilta | |
| allative | *urkalën *urkalëk |
*urkëilën *urkëilëk | |
| essive | *urkana | *urkëina | |
| translative | *urgaksi | *urgëiksi | |
| instructive | *urgan | *urgëin | |
| comitative | *urkanëk | *urkëinëk | |
| abessive | *urgatta | *urgëitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: urg
- ⇒ Finnish: (dialectal) urkama
- Livonian: (Courland) ūrga, (Salaca) urg
- → Latvian: urga
- Võro: urg
From *urkka:
- Livvi: urkku
Further reading edit
- “urg”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012