Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jalka
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *jalka. Cognate with Proto-Samic *juolkē, Erzya ялго (jalgo), Hungarian gyalog.
Noun
[edit]*jalka
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *jalka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *jalka | *jalgat | |
accusative | *jalgan | *jalgat | |
genitive | *jalgan | *jalkadën *jalkoidën | |
partitive | *jalkada | *jalkoida | |
inessive | *jalgassa *jalgahna |
*jalgoissa *jalgoihna | |
elative | *jalgasta | *jalgoista | |
illative | *jalkahën | *jalkoihën | |
adessive | *jalgalla | *jalgoilla | |
ablative | *jalgalta | *jalgoilta | |
allative | *jalkalën *jalkalëk |
*jalkoilën *jalkoilëk | |
essive | *jalkana | *jalkoina | |
translative | *jalgaksi | *jalgoiksi | |
instructive | *jalgan | *jalgoin | |
comitative | *jalkanëk | *jalkoinëk | |
abessive | *jalgatta | *jalgoitta |
Derived terms
[edit]- *jalgas (“runner”)
- *jalkaicin (“on foot”)
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: jalg
- Finnish: jalka
- Ingrian: jalka
- Karelian:
- Livonian: jālga
- Livvi: jalgu
- Veps: jaug
- Võro: jalg
- Votic: jalkõ
References
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (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