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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/selkä

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *śelkä. Cognate to Proto-Samic *čielkē and Eastern Mari шӹлӹж (šÿlÿž, “area of the sacrum”).

Noun

*selkä

  1. back (of body or object)
  2. ridge

Inflection
Inflection of *selkä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *selkä *selgät
accusative *selgän *selgät
genitive *selgän *selkäden
*selkeiden
partitive *selkädä *selkeidä
inessive *selgässä
*selgähnä		 *selgeissä
*selgeihnä
elative *selgästä *selgeistä
illative *selkähen *selkeihen
adessive *selgällä *selgeillä
ablative *selgältä *selgeiltä
allative *selkälen
*selkälek		 *selkeilen
*selkeilek
essive *selkänä *selkeinä
translative *selgäksi *selgeiksi
instructive *selgän *selgein
comitative *selkänek *selkeinek
abessive *selgättä *selgeittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: selg
  • Finnish: selkä
  • Ingrian: selkä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šelkä
    • South Karelian: šelgä
  • Ludian: sel'g
  • Veps: sel'g
  • Võro: sälg
  • Votic: seltše
  • → Proto-Samic: *sealkē (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: сельга (selʹga)
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