Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nahka

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 *naskiz, *naskaz, whence also Old English næsc (“soft leather, deer skin”).

Noun

*nahka[1]

  1. skin
  2. leather

Inflection

Inflection of *nahka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nahka *nahkat
accusative *nahkan *nahkat
genitive *nahkan *nahkadën
*nahkoidën
partitive *nahkada *nahkoida
inessive *nahkassa
*nahkahna 		*nahkoissa
*nahkoihna
elative *nahkasta *nahkoista
illative *nahkahën *nahkoihën
adessive *nahkalla *nahkoilla
ablative *nahkalta *nahkoilta
allative *nahkalën
*nahkalëk 		*nahkoilën
*nahkoilëk
essive *nahkana *nahkoina
translative *nahkaksi *nahkoiksi
instructive *nahkan *nahkoin
comitative *nahkanëk *nahkoinëk
abessive *nahkatta *nahkoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: nahk
  • Finnish: nahka
  • Ingrian: nahka
  • Karelian: nahka
  • Livonian: nǭ’gõ
  • Livvi: nahku
  • Ludian: nahk
  • Veps: nahk
  • Võro: nahk
  • Votic: nahkõ
  • → Proto-Samic: *nākkē

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*nahka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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