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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/olki
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Akin to Erzya олго (olgo). Further origin unknown. As agricultural terminology, the word is unlikely to derive from Proto-Uralic.
Noun
*olki
- 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 | *olget | |
accusative | *olgen | *olget | |
genitive | *olgen | *olkeden *olkiden | |
partitive | *olkeda | *olkida | |
inessive | *olgessa *olgehna | *olgissa *olgihna | |
elative | *olgesta | *olgista | |
illative | *olkehen | *olkihen | |
adessive | *olgella | *olgilla | |
ablative | *olgelta | *olgilta | |
allative | *olkelen *olkelek | *olkilen *olkilek | |
essive | *olkena | *olkina | |
translative | *olgeksi | *olgiksi | |
instructive | *olgen | *olgin | |
comitative | *olkenek | *olkinek | |
abessive | *olgetta | *olgitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: õlg
- Finnish: olki
- Ingrian: olki
- Karelian: (Northern) olki, (Southern) 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)
References
- õlg in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- 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