Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nülkedäk

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńülke-. Related to Proto-Samic *ńëlkëtēk.

Verb

*nülkedäk (stem *nülke-)[1]

  1. to skin, flay (remove the skin off)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: nylkeä
  • Ingrian: nylkiä
  • Karelian: nylkie
  • Livvi: nylgie

From *nülkidäk (with *-idak):

From ? *nilkudak:

  • Võro: nilgma/nilguq

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*nülke-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)