Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sulka

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

Likely from Proto-Uralic *tulka (if so, cognates include Hungarian toll), even though the initial *t > *s would be irregular (but may have parallels; compare *soo).

Noun

*sulka

1. feather

Declension

Inflection of *sulka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*sulka	*sulgat
accusative		*sulgan	*sulgat
genitive		*sulgan	*sulkadën *sulkëidën
partitive		*sulkada	*sulkëida
inessive		*sulgassa *sulgahna	*sulgëissa *sulgëihna
elative		*sulgasta	*sulgëista
illative		*sulkahën	*sulkëihën
adessive		*sulgalla	*sulgëilla
ablative		*sulgalta	*sulgëilta
allative		*sulkalën *sulkalëk	*sulkëilën *sulkëilëk
essive		*sulkana	*sulkëina
translative		*sulgaksi	*sulgëiksi
instructive		*sulgan	*sulgëin
comitative		*sulkanëk	*sulkëinëk
abessive		*sulgatta	*sulgëitta

Descendants

• Finnish: sulka
• Ingrian: sulka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: šulka
  • South Karelian: šulga
• Livonian: (Salaca) sulg
• Livvi: sulgu
• Ludian: sulg
• Veps: suug
• Votic: sulka

From *sulki:

• Estonian: sulg
• Võro: sulg'

Further reading

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