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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jalka
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *jalka. Cognate with Proto-Samic *juolkē, Erzya ялго (jalgo), Hungarian gyalog.
Noun
*jalka
- leg
- foot
Inflection
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 | *jalkaden *jalkoiden | |
partitive | *jalkada | *jalkoida | |
inessive | *jalgassa *jalgahna | *jalgoissa *jalgoihna | |
elative | *jalgasta | *jalgoista | |
illative | *jalkahen | *jalkoihen | |
adessive | *jalgalla | *jalgoilla | |
ablative | *jalgalta | *jalgoilta | |
allative | *jalkalen *jalkalek | *jalkoilen *jalkoilek | |
essive | *jalkana | *jalkoina | |
translative | *jalgaksi | *jalgoiksi | |
instructive | *jalgan | *jalgoin | |
comitative | *jalkanek | *jalkoinek | |
abessive | *jalgatta | *jalgoitta |
Derived terms
- *jalgas (“runner”)
- *jalkaicin (“on foot”)
Descendants
- Estonian: jalg
- Finnish: jalka
- Ingrian: jalka
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: jalka
- South Karelian: jalga
- Livonian: jālga
- Livvi: jalgu
- Veps: jaug
- Võro: jalg
- Votic: jalkõ
References
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN