Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pulkka
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *pluggą (whence Middle Low German plugge (“wooden peg”)).[1]
Noun
*pulkka[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *pulkka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pulkka | *pulk'at | |
| accusative | *pulk'an | *pulk'at | |
| genitive | *pulk'an | *pulkkadën *pulkkëidën | |
| partitive | *pulkkada | *pulkkëida | |
| inessive | *pulk'assa *pulk'ahna |
*pulk'ëissa *pulk'ëihna | |
| elative | *pulk'asta | *pulk'ëista | |
| illative | *pulkkahën | *pulkkëihën | |
| adessive | *pulk'alla | *pulk'ëilla | |
| ablative | *pulk'alta | *pulk'ëilta | |
| allative | *pulkkalën *pulkkalëk |
*pulkkëilën *pulkkëilëk | |
| essive | *pulkkana | *pulkkëina | |
| translative | *pulk'aksi | *pulk'ëiksi | |
| instructive | *pulk'an | *pulk'ëin | |
| comitative | *pulkkanëk | *pulkkëinëk | |
| abessive | *pulk'atta | *pulk'ëitta | |
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “pulk”, 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), “pulkka”, 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