Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sotka

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 *śodka. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čoaδkē.

Noun

*sotka

1. common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Inflection

Inflection of *sotka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*sotka	*sotkat
accusative		*sotkan	*sotkat
genitive		*sotkan	*sotkadën *sotkëidën
partitive		*sotkada	*sotkëida
inessive		*sotkassa *sotkahna	*sotkëissa *sotkëihna
elative		*sotkasta	*sotkëista
illative		*sotkahën	*sotkëihën
adessive		*sotkalla	*sotkëilla
ablative		*sotkalta	*sotkëilta
allative		*sotkalën *sotkalëk	*sotkëilën *sotkëilëk
essive		*sotkana	*sotkëina
translative		*sotkaksi	*sotkëiksi
instructive		*sotkan	*sotkëin
comitative		*sotkanëk	*sotkëinëk
abessive		*sotkatta	*sotkëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: sõtkas
• Finnish: sotka
• Karelian: sotka
• Livvi: sotku
• Ludian: sotk
• Veps: sotk

Further reading

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