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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sorka

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. Possibly from *sormi +‎ *-ka or the two are parallel derivatives.

Noun

*sorka

  1. cloven hoof (divided hoof, as in bovine animals)

Inflection
Inflection of *sorka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sorka *sorgat
accusative *sorgan *sorgat
genitive *sorgan *sorkadën
*sorkëidën
partitive *sorkada *sorkëida
inessive *sorgassa
*sorgahna		 *sorgëissa
*sorgëihna
elative *sorgasta *sorgëista
illative *sorkahën *sorkëihën
adessive *sorgalla *sorgëilla
ablative *sorgalta *sorgëilta
allative *sorkalën
*sorkalëk		 *sorkëilën
*sorkëilëk
essive *sorkana *sorkëina
translative *sorgaksi *sorgëiksi
instructive *sorgan *sorgëin
comitative *sorkanëk *sorkëinëk
abessive *sorgatta *sorgëitta

Descendants

From *sorka:

  • Estonian: sõrg
  • Livonian: sȭrga
  • Võro: sõrg
  • Votic: sorkõ

From *sorkka:

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