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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/salko
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śëlkaw, borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čuolkōj.
Noun
*salko
- pole (long and slender piece of wood)
Inflection
Inflection of *salko
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 | *salko | *salgot | |
accusative | *salgon | *salgot | |
genitive | *salgon | *salkoden *salkoiden | |
partitive | *salkoda | *salkoida | |
inessive | *salgossa *salgohna | *salgoissa *salgoihna | |
elative | *salgosta | *salgoista | |
illative | *salkohen | *salkoihen | |
adessive | *salgolla | *salgoilla | |
ablative | *salgolta | *salgoilta | |
allative | *salkolen *salkolek | *salkoilen *salkoilek | |
essive | *salkona | *salkoina | |
translative | *salgoksi | *salgoiksi | |
instructive | *salgon | *salgoin | |
comitative | *salkonek | *salkoinek | |
abessive | *salgotta | *salgoitta |
Descendants
- Finnish: salko
- Ingrian: salko
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: šalko
- South Karelian: šalgo
- Livvi: salgo
- Ludian: salg
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “salko”, in 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