Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nërkka
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editPossibly from Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?]. Potential non-Balto-Finnic cognates include Erzya нурька (nuŕka, “short”).
Adjective
edit*nërkka
Inflection
editInflection of *nërkka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *nërkka | *nërk'at | |
accusative | *nërk'an | *nërk'at | |
genitive | *nërk'an | *nërkkadën *nërkkoidën | |
partitive | *nërkkada | *nërkkoida | |
inessive | *nërk'assa *nërk'ahna |
*nërk'oissa *nërk'oihna | |
elative | *nërk'asta | *nërk'oista | |
illative | *nërkkahën | *nërkkoihën | |
adessive | *nërk'alla | *nërk'oilla | |
ablative | *nërk'alta | *nërk'oilta | |
allative | *nërkkalën *nërkkalëk |
*nërkkoilën *nërkkoilëk | |
essive | *nërkkana | *nërkkoina | |
translative | *nërk'aksi | *nërk'oiksi | |
instructive | *nërk'an | *nërk'oin | |
comitative | *nërkkanëk | *nërkkoinëk | |
abessive | *nërk'atta | *nërk'oitta |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: nõrk
- Finnish: (dialectal) nerkko, nerko
- Livonian: nȭrka
- Võro: nõrk
- >? Votic: (Jõgõperä, rare) nõrkka
Further reading
edit- “nõrk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012