Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/herkkä

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 *heredä (“id.”) +‎ *-kkä.

Adjective

*herkkä

1. sensitive, delicate
2. lively, brisk, perky

Inflection

Inflection of *herkkä

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*herkkä	*herk'ät
accusative		*herk'än	*herk'ät
genitive		*herk'än	*herkkäden *herkkeiden
partitive		*herkkädä	*herkkeidä
inessive		*herk'ässä *herk'ähnä	*herk'eissä *herk'eihnä
elative		*herk'ästä	*herk'eistä
illative		*herkkähen	*herkkeihen
adessive		*herk'ällä	*herk'eillä
ablative		*herk'ältä	*herk'eiltä
allative		*herkkälen *herkkälek	*herkkeilen *herkkeilek
essive		*herkkänä	*herkkeinä
translative		*herk'äksi	*herk'eiksi
instructive		*herk'än	*herk'ein
comitative		*herkkänek	*herkkeinek
abessive		*herk'ättä	*herk'eittä

Descendants

• Finnish: herkkä
• Ingrian: herkkä
  • →? Votic: herkkõ
• Karelian: herkkä
• Veps: herk

From original *herkka:

• Estonian: erk
• Livonian: erk