Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/puktëk

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-Finno-Ugric *pukta- +‎ *-ëk.

Noun

*puktëk

1. dawn

   Synonym: *koi

2. twilight

   Synonym: *hämärä

Inflection

Inflection of *puktëk

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*puktëk	*puktëgët
accusative		*puktëgën	*puktëgët
genitive		*puktëgën	*puktëgëdën *puktëgidën
partitive		*puktëgëta	*puktëgita
inessive		*puktëgëssa *puktëgëhna	*puktëgissa *puktëgihna
elative		*puktëgësta	*puktëgista
illative		*puktëgësën	*puktëgisën
adessive		*puktëgëlla	*puktëgilla
ablative		*puktëgëlta	*puktëgilta
allative		*puktëgëlën *puktëgëlëk	*puktëgilën *puktëgilëk
essive		*puktëgëna	*puktëgina
translative		*puktëgëksi	*puktëgiksi
instructive		*puktëgën	*puktëgin
comitative		*puktëgënëk	*puktëginëk
abessive		*puktëgëtta	*puktëgitta

Descendants

• Estonian: puhe
• Finnish: puhde
• Karelian: puhe

Further reading

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