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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/surku

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 *surgō.

Noun

*surku

  1. (Northern Finnic) sorrow, grief

Inflection
Inflection of *surku
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *surku *surgut
accusative *surgun *surgut
genitive *surgun *surkudën
*surkuidën
partitive *surkuda *surkuida
inessive *surgussa
*surguhna		 *surguissa
*surguihna
elative *surgusta *surguista
illative *surkuhën *surkuihën
adessive *surgulla *surguilla
ablative *surgulta *surguilta
allative *surkulën
*surkulëk		 *surkuilën
*surkuilëk
essive *surkuna *surkuina
translative *surguksi *surguiksi
instructive *surgun *surguin
comitative *surkunëk *surkuinëk
abessive *surgutta *surguitta

Descendants

From *surku:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) surku, ⇒ surkea

From *surko:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) surko

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “surku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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