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

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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
- Western Samic:
  - Northern Sami: bálká
- Eastern Samic:
  - Southern Sami: pälkki
  - Skolt Sami: päʹlǩǩ
  - Kildin Sami: па̄ӆӆьк (pāl̥l̥’k)
  - Ter Sami: па̄ӆӆькэ (pâ̄l̥l̥ʼke)

References

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