Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalki

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Akin to Proto-Samic *kuolkë (“hair”), Erzya калго (kalgo), Moksha калга (kalga) (both "culm of a fibrous plant"). A common root *këlke could be reconstructed.

Noun

*kalki

single hair
culm

Inflection

Inflection of *kalki

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*kalki	*kalget
accusative	*kalgen	*kalget
genitive	*kalgen	kalkeden kalkiden
partitive	*kalkeda	*kalkida
inessive	kalgessa kalgehna	kalgissa kalgihna
elative	*kalgesta	*kalgista
illative	*kalkehen	*kalkihen
adessive	*kalgella	*kalgilla
ablative	*kalgelta	*kalgilta
allative	kalkelen kalkelek	kalkilen kalkilek
essive	*kalkena	*kalkina
translative	*kalgeksi	*kalgiksi
instructive	*kalgen	*kalgin
comitative	*kalkenek	*kalkinek
abessive	*kalgetta	*kalgitta

Synonyms

(single hair): *haben, *hapci, *hibus
(culm): *korci

Descendants

Finnish: (Tavastian dialects) kalki

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

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