Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nolkki

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

Sound-symbolic.

Noun

*nolkki

1. boy, young man

Inflection

Inflection of *nolkki

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*nolkki	*nolk'it
accusative		*nolk'in	*nolk'it
genitive		*nolk'in	*nolkkidën *nolkkëjidën
partitive		*nolkkida	*nolkkëjita
inessive		*nolk'issa *nolk'ihna	*nolkkëjissa *nolkkëjihna
elative		*nolk'ista	*nolkkëjista
illative		*nolkkihën	*nolkkëjisën
adessive		*nolk'illa	*nolkkëjilla
ablative		*nolk'ilta	*nolkkëjilta
allative		*nolkkilën *nolkkilëk	*nolkkëjilën *nolkkëjilëk
essive		*nolkkina	*nolkkëjina
translative		*nolk'iksi	*nolkkëjiksi
instructive		*nolk'in	*nolkkëjin
comitative		*nolkkinëk	*nolkkëjinëk
abessive		*nolk'itta	*nolkkëjitta

Descendants

• Estonian: nolk
• Finnish: (dialectal) nolkki

Further reading

• “nolk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “nolkki”, in 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