Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/harakka

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

Possibly of onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *śárˀkāˀ (whence Lithuanian šarka).

Noun

*harakka

1. magpie (bird of the genus Pica)

Inflection

Inflection of *harakka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*harakka	*harak'at
accusative		*harak'an	*harak'at
genitive		*harak'an	*harakkadën *harakkoidën
partitive		*harakkata	*harakkoita
inessive		*harak'assa *harak'ahna	*harak'oissa *harak'oihna
elative		*harak'asta	*harak'oista
illative		*harakkasën	*harakkoisën
adessive		*harak'alla	*harak'oilla
ablative		*harak'alta	*harak'oilta
allative		*harakkalën *harakkalëk	*harakkoilën *harakkoilëk
essive		*harakkana	*harakkoina
translative		*harak'aksi	*harak'oiksi
instructive		*harak'an	*harak'oin
comitative		*harakkanëk	*harakkoinëk
abessive		*harak'atta	*harak'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: harakas
• Finnish: harakka
• Ingrian: harakka
• Karelian: harakka
• Livonian: arāgõz
• Livvi: harakku
• Ludian: harak, harag
• Veps: harag
• Võro: harak
• Votic: aragõ

Further reading

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