Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/askël

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 Proto-Uralic *aśkele.

Noun

*askël

1. step, pace

Inflection

Inflection of *askël

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*askël	*askëlët
accusative		*askëlën	*askëlët
genitive		*askëlën	*askëldën *askëlidën
partitive		*askëlta	*askëlita
inessive		*askëlëssa *askëlëhna	*askëlissa *askëlihna
elative		*askëlësta	*askëlista
illative		*askëlësën	*askëlisën
adessive		*askëlëlla	*askëlilla
ablative		*askëlëlta	*askëlilta
allative		*askëlëlën *askëlëlëk	*askëlilën *askëlilëk
essive		*askëlla	*askëlina
translative		*askëlëksi	*askëliksi
instructive		*askëlën	*askëlin
comitative		*askëllëk	*askëlinëk
abessive		*askëlëtta	*askëlitta

Descendants

• Estonian: askel
• Finnish: askel
• Karelian: askel
• Livvi: askel

Further reading

• “askel”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #31 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.