Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/olki

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 Proto-Finno-Permic *olke ~ *ulke, akin to Erzya олго (olgo) (< *ulke). Further origin unknown. As agricultural terminology, the word is unlikely to derive from Proto-Uralic; possibly from the Pre-West Uralic agricultural substrate.

Noun

*olki

1. straw, hay

Inflection

Inflection of *olki

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*olki	*olgët
accusative		*olgën	*olgët
genitive		*olgën	*olkëdën *olkidën
partitive		*olkëda	*olkida
inessive		*olgëssa *olgëhna	*olgissa *olgihna
elative		*olgësta	*olgista
illative		*olkëhën	*olkihën
adessive		*olgëlla	*olgilla
ablative		*olgëlta	*olgilta
allative		*olkëlën *olkëlëk	*olkilën *olkilëk
essive		*olkëna	*olkina
translative		*olgëksi	*olgiksi
instructive		*olgën	*olgin
comitative		*olkënëk	*olkinëk
abessive		*olgëtta	*olgitta

Descendants

• Estonian: õlg
• Finnish: olki
• Ingrian: olki
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: olki
  • South Karelian: olgi
• Livonian: vȯļg
• Livvi: olgi
• Ludian: ol'g
• Veps: ol'g
• Võro: olg'
• Votic: õltši
• → Northern Sami: oalga
• → Inari Sami: olgâ
• → Skolt Sami: vuõllg
• → Kildin Sami: о̄ллк (ōllk)

Further reading

• “õlg”, 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), 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