Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vërkko

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 *werką, whence Old Swedish värke (“fish weir”), dialectal Swedish verke.

Noun

*vërkko

net, fishing net

Inflection

Inflection of *vërkko

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*vërkko	*vërk'ot
accusative	*vërk'on	*vërk'ot
genitive	*vërk'on	vërkkodën vërkkoidën
partitive	*vërkkoda	*vërkkoida
inessive	vërk'ossa vërk'ohna	vërk'oissa vërk'oihna
elative	*vërk'osta	*vërk'oista
illative	*vërkkohën	*vërkkoihën
adessive	*vërk'olla	*vërk'oilla
ablative	*vërk'olta	*vërk'oilta
allative	vërkkolën vërkkolëk	vërkkoilën vërkkoilëk
essive	*vërkkona	*vërkkoina
translative	*vërk'oksi	*vërk'oiksi
instructive	*vërk'on	*vërk'oin
comitative	*vërkkonëk	*vërkkoinëk
abessive	*vërk'otta	*vërk'oitta

Descendants

Estonian: võrk
Finnish: verkko
Ingrian: verkko
Karelian: verkko
Livonian: võrgõ
Livvi: verko
Ludian: verk
Veps: verk
Võro: võrk
Votic: võrkko