Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ahku

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 earlier *ašku, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *askǭ.

Noun

*ahku

1. ash (residue after burning)

   Synonym: *tuhka

2. charcoal

   Synonyms: *hiili, *süci

Inflection

Inflection of *ahku

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ahku	*ahkut
accusative		*ahkun	*ahkut
genitive		*ahkun	*ahkudën *ahkuidën
partitive		*ahkuda	*ahkuida
inessive		*ahkussa *ahkuhna	*ahkuissa *ahkuihna
elative		*ahkusta	*ahkuista
illative		*ahkuhën	*ahkuihën
adessive		*ahkulla	*ahkuilla
ablative		*ahkulta	*ahkuilta
allative		*ahkulën *ahkulëk	*ahkuilën *ahkuilëk
essive		*ahkuna	*ahkuina
translative		*ahkuksi	*ahkuiksi
instructive		*ahkun	*ahkuin
comitative		*ahkunëk	*ahkuinëk
abessive		*ahkutta	*ahkuitta

Descendants

• >? Estonian: (dialectal) ahk ("down (soft feather)")
• Finnish: (dialectal, rare) ahku, aahku
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ahku
  • South Karelian: ahku
• Veps: ahkud

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ahku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN