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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sotka
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śodka. Cognate with Proto-Samic *čoaδkē.
Noun
*sotka
- common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Inflection
Inflection of *sotka
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 | *sotka | *sotkat | |
accusative | *sotkan | *sotkat | |
genitive | *sotkan | *sotkaden *sotkeiden | |
partitive | *sotkada | *sotkeida | |
inessive | *sotkassa *sotkahna | *sotkeissa *sotkeihna | |
elative | *sotkasta | *sotkeista | |
illative | *sotkahen | *sotkeihen | |
adessive | *sotkalla | *sotkeilla | |
ablative | *sotkalta | *sotkeilta | |
allative | *sotkalen *sotkalek | *sotkeilen *sotkeilek | |
essive | *sotkana | *sotkeina | |
translative | *sotkaksi | *sotkeiksi | |
instructive | *sotkan | *sotkein | |
comitative | *sotkanek | *sotkeinek | |
abessive | *sotkatta | *sotkeitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: sõtkas
- Finnish: sotka
- Karelian: sotka
- Livvi: sotku
- Ludian: sotk
- Veps: sotk
Further reading
- sõtkas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN