Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuksi

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 Proto-Uralic *ńukśe.

Noun

*nuksi

1. marten

Inflection

Inflection of *nuksi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*nuksi	*nuksët
accusative		*nuksën	*nuksët
genitive		*nuksën	*nustën *nuksidën
partitive		*nusta	*nuksida
inessive		*nuksëssa *nuksëhna	*nuksissa *nuksihna
elative		*nuksësta	*nuksista
illative		*nuksëhën	*nuksihën
adessive		*nuksëlla	*nuksilla
ablative		*nuksëlta	*nuksilta
allative		*nuksëlën *nuksëlëk	*nuksilën *nuksilëk
essive		*nussa	*nuksina
translative		*nuksëksi	*nuksiksi
instructive		*nuksën	*nuksin
comitative		*nussëk	*nuksinëk
abessive		*nuksëtta	*nuksitta

Descendants

• Estonian: nugis
• Võro: nukis'

Further reading

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