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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/selkedä

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

Unknown, but apparently contains the suffix *-ëda. Related to Proto-Samic *čielkë. Compare *selvä, which may be derived from the same root. Has been compared with Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- as well.

Adjective

*selkedä

  1. clear

Inflection
Inflection of *selkedä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *selkedä *selkedät
accusative *selkedän *selkedät
genitive *selkedän *selkedäden
*selkedeiden
partitive *selkedätä *selkedeitä
inessive *selkedässä
*selkedähnä		 *selkedeissä
*selkedeihnä
elative *selkedästä *selkedeistä
illative *selkedäsen *selkedeisen
adessive *selkedällä *selkedeillä
ablative *selkedältä *selkedeiltä
allative *selkedälen
*selkedälek		 *selkedeilen
*selkedeilek
essive *selkedänä *selkedeinä
translative *selkedäksi *selkedeiksi
instructive *selkedän *selkedein
comitative *selkedänek *selkedeinek
abessive *selkedättä *selkedeittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: selge
  • Finnish: selkeä
  • Ingrian: selkiä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šelkie
    • South Karelian: šelgie, selgie
  • Livvi: selgei
  • Veps: sel'ged
  • Võro: selge
  • Votic: seltšiä
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