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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/arki

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 *argį̄ or *argijǭ (whence Old Norse ergi and Proto-Norse ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ (ᴀrᴀgeu)).

Noun

*arki

  1. ordinary, mundane day

Inflection
Inflection of *arki
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *arki *argët
accusative *argën *argët
genitive *argën *arkëdën
*arkidën
partitive *arkëda *arkida
inessive *argëssa
*argëhna		 *argissa
*argihna
elative *argësta *argista
illative *arkëhën *arkihën
adessive *argëlla *argilla
ablative *argëlta *argilta
allative *arkëlën
*arkëlëk		 *arkilën
*arkilëk
essive *arkëna *arkina
translative *argëksi *argiksi
instructive *argën *argin
comitative *arkënëk *arkinëk
abessive *argëtta *argitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: ⇒ argine
  • Finnish: arki
  • Ingrian: arki
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: arki
    • South Karelian: argi
  • Livvi: argi
  • Ludian: arg
  • Veps: ar'g
  • Votic: artši
  • → Proto-Samic: *ārkë (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • “argine”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “arki”, 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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