Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/purku

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 *purke. Cognate with Proto-Samic *porkë.

Noun

*purku

1. snowstorm, blizzard

   Synonym: *tuisku

Inflection

Inflection of *purku

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*purku	*purgut
accusative		*purgun	*purgut
genitive		*purgun	*purkudën *purkuidën
partitive		*purkuda	*purkuida
inessive		*purgussa *purguhna	*purguissa *purguihna
elative		*purgusta	*purguista
illative		*purkuhën	*purkuihën
adessive		*purgulla	*purguilla
ablative		*purgulta	*purguilta
allative		*purkulën *purkulëk	*purkuilën *purkuilëk
essive		*purkuna	*purkuina
translative		*purguksi	*purguiksi
instructive		*purgun	*purguin
comitative		*purkunëk	*purkuinëk
abessive		*purgutta	*purguitta

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) purku
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: purku
  • South Karelian: purgu
• Livvi: purgu
• Ludian: purg
• Veps: purg
• → Russian: пурга (purga)

Further reading

• Entry #819 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “purku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN