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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/palkka

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

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Slavic *bolgo.

Noun

*palkka

  1. pay, salary, reward

Inflection
Inflection of *palkka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *palkka *palk'at
accusative *palk'an *palk'at
genitive *palk'an *palkkadën
*palkkoidën
partitive *palkkada *palkkoida
inessive *palk'assa
*palk'ahna		 *palk'oissa
*palk'oihna
elative *palk'asta *palk'oista
illative *palkkahën *palkkoihën
adessive *palk'alla *palk'oilla
ablative *palk'alta *palk'oilta
allative *palkkalën
*palkkalëk		 *palkkoilën
*palkkoilëk
essive *palkkana *palkkoina
translative *palk'aksi *palk'oiksi
instructive *palk'an *palk'oin
comitative *palkkanëk *palkkoinëk
abessive *palk'atta *palk'oitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: palk
  • Finnish: palkka
  • Ingrian: palkka
  • Karelian: palkka
  • Livonian: pālka
  • Livvi: palku
  • Ludian: palk
  • Veps: pauk
  • Võro: palk
  • Votic: palkkõ
  • → Proto-Samic: *pālkkē

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