Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/markka
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *marką.
Noun
*markka[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *markka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *markka | *mark'at | |
| accusative | *mark'an | *mark'at | |
| genitive | *mark'an | *markkadën *markkoidën | |
| partitive | *markkada | *markkoida | |
| inessive | *mark'assa *mark'ahna |
*mark'oissa *mark'oihna | |
| elative | *mark'asta | *mark'oista | |
| illative | *markkahën | *markkoihën | |
| adessive | *mark'alla | *mark'oilla | |
| ablative | *mark'alta | *mark'oilta | |
| allative | *markkalën *markkalëk |
*markkoilën *markkoilëk | |
| essive | *markkana | *markkoina | |
| translative | *mark'aksi | *mark'oiksi | |
| instructive | *mark'an | *mark'oin | |
| comitative | *markkanëk | *markkoinëk | |
| abessive | *mark'atta | *mark'oitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: mark
- Finnish: markka
- Ingrian: markka
- Karelian:
- Livvi: marku
- Ludian: mark
- Võro: mark
- Votic: markka
Further reading
- “mark”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “markka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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