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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/äkki

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

Possibly from the same root as *äkedä.

Adverb

*äkki[1]

  1. suddenly

Adjective

*äkki

  1. steep, abrupt

Inflection
Inflection of *äkki
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *äkki *äk'it
accusative *äk'in *äk'it
genitive *äk'in *äkkiden
*äkkejiden
partitive *äkkidä *äkkejitä
inessive *äk'issä
*äk'ihnä		 *äkkejissä
*äkkejihnä
elative *äk'istä *äkkejistä
illative *äkkihen *äkkejisen
adessive *äk'illä *äkkejillä
ablative *äk'iltä *äkkejiltä
allative *äkkilen
*äkkilek		 *äkkejilen
*äkkejilek
essive *äkkinä *äkkejinä
translative *äk'iksi *äkkejiksi
instructive *äk'in *äkkejin
comitative *äkkinek *äkkejinek
abessive *äk'ittä *äkkejittä

Descendants
  • Finnish: äkki-
  • Ingrian: äkki
  • Votic: ättši

From *äkkidä:

  • Estonian: äkki
  • Finnish: äkkiä
  • Ingrian: äkkiä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: äkkie
    • South Karelian: äkkie
  • Veps: äkkid
  • Võro: äkki
  • → Proto-Samic: *(h)eakkë (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*äkki”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “äkki”, 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), “äkki”, 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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