Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nolki
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńolke (“saliva, spittle, snot”). Cognates include Northern Sami snuolga (“snot”) and Hungarian nyál (“saliva”).
Noun[edit]
*nolki
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *nolki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nolki | *nolgët | |
| accusative | *nolgën | *nolgët | |
| genitive | *nolgën | *nolkëdën *nolkidën | |
| partitive | *nolkëda | *nolkida | |
| inessive | *nolgëssa *nolgëhna |
*nolgissa *nolgihna | |
| elative | *nolgësta | *nolgista | |
| illative | *nolkëhën | *nolkihën | |
| adessive | *nolgëlla | *nolgilla | |
| ablative | *nolgëlta | *nolgilta | |
| allative | *nolkëlën *nolkëlëk |
*nolkilën *nolkilëk | |
| essive | *nolkëna | *nolkina | |
| translative | *nolgëksi | *nolgiksi | |
| instructive | *nolgën | *nolgin | |
| comitative | *nolkënëk | *nolkinëk | |
| abessive | *nolgëtta | *nolgitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: nõlg
- Finnish: nolki
- Karelian: ńolki, ńolgi
- Livonian: noļg
- Livvi: ńolgi
- Ludian: ńolg
- Võro: nõlg'
Further reading[edit]
- “nõlg”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #634 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.