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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jürkkä

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 the same root as *jürkedä (Finnish jyrkeä, Livonian jurg), from earlier *jürke-. Further origin unknown.

Adjective

*jürkkä

  1. steep

Inflection
Inflection of *jürkkä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *jürkkä *jürk'ät
accusative *jürk'än *jürk'ät
genitive *jürk'än *jürkkäden
*jürkkeiden
partitive *jürkkädä *jürkkeidä
inessive *jürk'ässä
*jürk'ähnä		 *jürk'eissä
*jürk'eihnä
elative *jürk'ästä *jürk'eistä
illative *jürkkähen *jürkkeihen
adessive *jürk'ällä *jürk'eillä
ablative *jürk'ältä *jürk'eiltä
allative *jürkkälen
*jürkkälek		 *jürkkeilen
*jürkkeilek
essive *jürkkänä *jürkkeinä
translative *jürk'äksi *jürk'eiksi
instructive *jürk'än *jürk'ein
comitative *jürkkänek *jürkkeinek
abessive *jürk'ättä *jürk'eittä

Descendants
  • Finnish: jyrkkä
  • Ingrian: jyrkkä
  • Karelian: jyrkkä
  • Livvi: jyrkky
  • Ludian: d'ürk
  • Veps: mürk

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “jyrkkä”, 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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