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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nëkla

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 *nēþlō.

Noun

*nëkla

  1. needle (sewing implement)
    Synonym: *äimä

Inflection
Inflection of *nëkla
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nëkla *nëklat
accusative *nëklan *nëklat
genitive *nëklan *nëkladën
*nëkloidën
partitive *nëklada *nëkloida
inessive *nëklassa
*nëklahna		 *nëkloissa
*nëkloihna
elative *nëklasta *nëkloista
illative *nëklahën *nëkloihën
adessive *nëklalla *nëkloilla
ablative *nëklalta *nëkloilta
allative *nëklalën
*nëklalëk		 *nëkloilën
*nëkloilëk
essive *nëklana *nëkloina
translative *nëklaksi *nëkloiksi
instructive *nëklan *nëkloin
comitative *nëklanëk *nëkloinëk
abessive *nëklatta *nëkloitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: nõel
  • Finnish: neula
  • Ingrian: neegla
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: nõ’ggõl
  • Livvi: nieglu
  • Ludian: niegl
  • Veps: negl
  • Võro: nõkl, nõgõl, nõgyl'
  • Votic: niglõ

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