Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sanka

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

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *ćanka (whence Erzya сянго (śango)) or, alternatively, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *stangō.

Noun

*sanka

1. carrying handle
2. pole in a haystack

Inflection

Inflection of *sanka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*sanka	*sangat
accusative		*sangan	*sangat
genitive		*sangan	*sankadën *sankoidën
partitive		*sankada	*sankoida
inessive		*sangassa *sangahna	*sangoissa *sangoihna
elative		*sangasta	*sangoista
illative		*sankahën	*sankoihën
adessive		*sangalla	*sangoilla
ablative		*sangalta	*sangoilta
allative		*sankalën *sankalëk	*sankoilën *sankoilëk
essive		*sankana	*sankoina
translative		*sangaksi	*sangoiksi
instructive		*sangan	*sangoin
comitative		*sankanëk	*sankoinëk
abessive		*sangatta	*sangoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: sang
• Finnish: sanka
  • → Northern Sami: sáŋgá
• Ingrian: sanka
• Votic: sankõ

Further reading

• “sang”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sanka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä‎^[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