Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/surku

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *surgō.

Noun

*surku

1. (Northern Finnic) sorrow, grief

Inflection

Inflection of *surku

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*surku	*surgut
accusative		*surgun	*surgut
genitive		*surgun	*surkudën *surkuidën
partitive		*surkuda	*surkuida
inessive		*surgussa *surguhna	*surguissa *surguihna
elative		*surgusta	*surguista
illative		*surkuhën	*surkuihën
adessive		*surgulla	*surguilla
ablative		*surgulta	*surguilta
allative		*surkulën *surkulëk	*surkuilën *surkuilëk
essive		*surkuna	*surkuina
translative		*surguksi	*surguiksi
instructive		*surgun	*surguin
comitative		*surkunëk	*surkuinëk
abessive		*surgutta	*surguitta

Descendants

From *surku:

• Finnish: (dialectal) surku, ⇒ surkea

From *surko:

• Finnish: (dialectal) surko

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “surku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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