Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/palko
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Derived either from *palgëh, or directly from Proto-Germanic *balgiz.
Noun
*palko
- pod (seed case)
Inflection
Inflection of *palko
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *palko | *palgot | |
| accusative | *palgon | *palgot | |
| genitive | *palgon | *palkodën *palkoidën | |
| partitive | *palkoda | *palkoida | |
| inessive | *palgossa *palgohna |
*palgoissa *palgoihna | |
| elative | *palgosta | *palgoista | |
| illative | *palkohën | *palkoihën | |
| adessive | *palgolla | *palgoilla | |
| ablative | *palgolta | *palgoilta | |
| allative | *palkolën *palkolëk |
*palkoilën *palkoilëk | |
| essive | *palkona | *palkoina | |
| translative | *palgoksi | *palgoiksi | |
| instructive | *palgon | *palgoin | |
| comitative | *palkonëk | *palkoinëk | |
| abessive | *palgotta | *palgoitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: palko
- Ingrian: palko
- Karelian: palko (Northern), palgo (Southern)
- Livvi: palgo
- Ludian: palg
- Veps: paug
- Votic: palko
Further reading
- “pale”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012