Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalki

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

Akin to Proto-Samic *kuolkë (“hair”), Erzya калго (kalgo), Moksha калга (kalga) (both "culm of a fibrous plant"). A common root *këlke could be reconstructed.

Noun

*kalki

1. single hair
2. culm

Inflection

Inflection of *kalki

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kalki	*kalgët
accusative		*kalgën	*kalgët
genitive		*kalgën	*kalkëdën *kalkidën
partitive		*kalkëda	*kalkida
inessive		*kalgëssa *kalgëhna	*kalgissa *kalgihna
elative		*kalgësta	*kalgista
illative		*kalkëhën	*kalkihën
adessive		*kalgëlla	*kalgilla
ablative		*kalgëlta	*kalgilta
allative		*kalkëlën *kalkëlëk	*kalkilën *kalkilëk
essive		*kalkëna	*kalkina
translative		*kalgëksi	*kalgiksi
instructive		*kalgën	*kalgin
comitative		*kalkënëk	*kalkinëk
abessive		*kalgëtta	*kalgitta

Synonyms

• (single hair): *habën, *hapci, *hibus
• (culm): *korci

Descendants

• Finnish: (Tavastian dialects) kalki

References

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (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