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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/arka

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *argaz.

Adjective

*arka

  1. cowardly, timid, shy

Inflection
Inflection of *arka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *arka *argat
accusative *argan *argat
genitive *argan *arkadën
*arkoidën
partitive *arkada *arkoida
inessive *argassa
*argahna		 *argoissa
*argoihna
elative *argasta *argoista
illative *arkahën *arkoihën
adessive *argalla *argoilla
ablative *argalta *argoilta
allative *arkalën
*arkalëk		 *arkoilën
*arkoilëk
essive *arkana *arkoina
translative *argaksi *argoiksi
instructive *argan *argoin
comitative *arkanëk *arkoinëk
abessive *argatta *argoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: arg
  • Finnish: arka
  • Ingrian: arka
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: arka
    • South Karelian: arga
  • Livonian: ārga
  • Livvi: argu
  • Ludian: arg
  • Veps: arg
  • Võro: arg
  • Votic: arkõ
  • → Proto-Samic: *ārkē (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • “arg”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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