Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/noki

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

Unknown.

Noun

*noki

1. soot

Inflection

Inflection of *noki

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*noki	*nogët
accusative		*nogën	*nogët
genitive		*nogën	*nokëdën *nokidën
partitive		*nokëda	*nokida
inessive		*nogëssa *nogëhna	*nogissa *nogihna
elative		*nogësta	*nogista
illative		*nokëhën	*nokihën
adessive		*nogëlla	*nogilla
ablative		*nogëlta	*nogilta
allative		*nokëlën *nokëlëk	*nokilën *nokilëk
essive		*nokëna	*nokina
translative		*nogëksi	*nogiksi
instructive		*nogën	*nogin
comitative		*nokënëk	*nokinëk
abessive		*nogëtta	*nogitta

Descendants

• Estonian: nõgi
• Finnish: noki
• Ingrian: noki
  • → Votic: nõki
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: noki
  • South Karelian: nogi
• Livonian: no’ugõd
• Livvi: nogi
• Ludian: nogi
• Veps: nogi
• Võro: nõgi
• Votic: (Kattila) nõtši

Further reading

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