Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/solki

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *śolke, if cognate with Proto-Samic *čulkumë, Moksha сюлгам (śulgam) and Eastern Mari [script needed] (šolkama).

Noun

*solki

1. fibula (brooch)
2. buckle, clasp

Inflection

Inflection of *solki

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*solki	*solgët
accusative		*solgën	*solgët
genitive		*solgën	*solkëdën *solkidën
partitive		*solkëda	*solkida
inessive		*solgëssa *solgëhna	*solgissa *solgihna
elative		*solgësta	*solgista
illative		*solkëhën	*solkihën
adessive		*solgëlla	*solgilla
ablative		*solgëlta	*solgilta
allative		*solkëlën *solkëlëk	*solkilën *solkilëk
essive		*solkëna	*solkina
translative		*solgëksi	*solgiksi
instructive		*solgën	*solgin
comitative		*solkënëk	*solkinëk
abessive		*solgëtta	*solgitta

Descendants

• Estonian: sõlg
• Finnish: solki
• Ingrian: solki
• Karelian: solki (Northern), solgi (Southern)
• Livonian: suoļg
• Livvi: solgi
• Võro: sõlg'
• Votic:
  • Krevinian: sõlk
• →? Old Norse: sylgja
  • Icelandic: sylgja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sylgja, sylgje, sylje, sølje; (dialectal) sygje, sygju, sulgje
  • Old Swedish: sylghia, sölghia
    • Swedish: sölja, syllga (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: sølje, søylje
    •  Danish: sølje, sylle (dialectal)
      • Norwegian Bokmål: sølje

Further reading

• “sõlg”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1592 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.