Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/onki

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *oŋke, borrowed from some Indo-European language, compare Proto-Germanic *angô (“hook, angle”) and Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅka, “hook”). Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuoŋkë.

Noun

*onki[1]

  1. fishhook
  2. fishing pole, fishing rod

Inflection

Inflection of *onki
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *onki *ongët
accusative *ongën *ongët
genitive *ongën *onkëdën
*onkidën
partitive *onkëda *onkida
inessive *ongëssa
*ongëhna 		*ongissa
*ongihna
elative *ongësta *ongista
illative *onkëhën *onkihën
adessive *ongëlla *ongilla
ablative *ongëlta *ongilta
allative *onkëlën
*onkëlëk 		*onkilën
*onkilëk
essive *onkëna *onkina
translative *ongëksi *ongiksi
instructive *ongën *ongin
comitative *onkënëk *onkinëk
abessive *ongëtta *ongitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: õng
  • Finnish: onki
  • Ingrian: onki
    • → Votic: õnki
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: onki
    • South Karelian: ongi
  • Livvi: ongi
  • Ludian: ong
  • Veps: ong
  • Võro: yng'
  • Votic: (Mati) õntši

Further reading

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

References

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