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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kärki
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *kärke, possibly ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
*kärki
- black woodpecker
Inflection
Inflection of *kärki
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kärki | *kärget | |
| accusative | *kärgen | *kärget | |
| genitive | *kärgen | *kärkeden *kärkiden | |
| partitive | *kärkedä | *kärkidä | |
| inessive | *kärgessä | *kärgissä | |
| elative | *kärgestä | *kärgistä | |
| illative | *kärkehen | *kärkihen | |
| adessive | *kärgellä | *kärgillä | |
| ablative | *kärgeltä | *kärgiltä | |
| allative | *kärkelek | *kärkilek | |
| essive | *kärkenä | *kärkinä | |
| translative | *kärgeksi | *kärgiksi | |
| instructive | *kärgen | *kärgin | |
| comitative | *kärkenek | *kärkinek | |
| abessive | *kärgektä | *kärgiktä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kärg (dialectal)
- Finnish: kärki (obsolete), palokärki
- Ingrian: kärki
- Karelian: kärki, kärgi
- Livvi: kärgi
- Ludian: kärg
- Veps: kärg
- Võro: kärg'
Further reading
- Entry #1285 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.