Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/arki

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *argį̄ or *argijǭ (whence Old Norse ergi and Proto-Norse ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ (ᴀrᴀgeu)).

Noun

*arki

1. ordinary, mundane day

Inflection

Inflection of *arki

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*arki	*argët
accusative		*argën	*argët
genitive		*argën	*arkëdën *arkidën
partitive		*arkëda	*arkida
inessive		*argëssa *argëhna	*argissa *argihna
elative		*argësta	*argista
illative		*arkëhën	*arkihën
adessive		*argëlla	*argilla
ablative		*argëlta	*argilta
allative		*arkëlën *arkëlëk	*arkilën *arkilëk
essive		*arkëna	*arkina
translative		*argëksi	*argiksi
instructive		*argën	*argin
comitative		*arkënëk	*arkinëk
abessive		*argëtta	*argitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ⇒ argine
• Finnish: arki
• Ingrian: arki
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: arki
  • South Karelian: argi
• Livvi: argi
• Ludian: arg
• Veps: ar'g
• Votic: artši
• → Proto-Samic: *ārkë (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “argine”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “arki”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä‎^[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