Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/onki
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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-Permic *oŋke, borrowed from some Indo-European language, compare Proto-Germanic *angô (“hook, angle”) and Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅka, “hook”). Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuoŋkë.
Noun[edit]
*onki[1]
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *onki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *onki | *ongët | |
| accusative | *ongën | *ongët | |
| genitive | *ongën | *onkëdën *onkidën | |
| partitive | *onkëda | *onkida | |
| inessive | *ongëssa *ongëhna |
*ongissa *ongihna | |
| elative | *ongësta | *ongista | |
| illative | *onkëhën | *onkihën | |
| adessive | *ongëlla | *ongilla | |
| ablative | *ongëlta | *ongilta | |
| allative | *onkëlën *onkëlëk |
*onkilën *onkilëk | |
| essive | *onkëna | *onkina | |
| translative | *ongëksi | *ongiksi | |
| instructive | *ongën | *ongin | |
| comitative | *onkënëk | *onkinëk | |
| abessive | *ongëtta | *ongitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: õng
- Finnish: onki
- Ingrian: onki
- → Votic: õnki
- Karelian:
- Livvi: ongi
- Ludian: ong
- Veps: ong
- Võro: yng'
- Votic: (Mati) õntši
Further reading[edit]
- “õng”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012