Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/salko

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 *śëlkaw, borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čuolkōj.

Noun

*salko

1. pole (long and slender piece of wood)

Inflection

Inflection of *salko

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*salko	*salgot
accusative		*salgon	*salgot
genitive		*salgon	*salkodën *salkoidën
partitive		*salkoda	*salkoida
inessive		*salgossa *salgohna	*salgoissa *salgoihna
elative		*salgosta	*salgoista
illative		*salkohën	*salkoihën
adessive		*salgolla	*salgoilla
ablative		*salgolta	*salgoilta
allative		*salkolën *salkolëk	*salkoilën *salkoilëk
essive		*salkona	*salkoina
translative		*salgoksi	*salgoiksi
instructive		*salgon	*salgoin
comitative		*salkonëk	*salkoinëk
abessive		*salgotta	*salgoitta

Descendants

• Finnish: salko
• Ingrian: salko
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: šalko
  • South Karelian: šalgo
• Livvi: salgo
• Ludian: salg

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “salko”, 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