Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/solki

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 Proto-Finno-Permic *śolke, if cognate with Proto-Samic *čulkumë, Moksha сюлгам (śulgam) and Eastern Mari [script needed] (šolkama).

Noun

*solki

fibula (brooch)
buckle, clasp

Inflection

Inflection of *solki

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*solki	*solgët
accusative	*solgën	*solgët
genitive	*solgën	solkëdën solkidën
partitive	*solkëda	*solkida
inessive	solgëssa solgëhna	solgissa solgihna
elative	*solgësta	*solgista
illative	*solkëhën	*solkihën
adessive	*solgëlla	*solgilla
ablative	*solgëlta	*solgilta
allative	solkëlën solkëlëk	solkilën solkilëk
essive	*solkëna	*solkina
translative	*solgëksi	*solgiksi
instructive	*solgën	*solgin
comitative	*solkënëk	*solkinëk
abessive	*solgëtta	*solgitta

Descendants

Estonian: sõlg
Finnish: solki
Ingrian: solki
Karelian: solki (Northern), solgi (Southern)
Livonian: suoļg
Livvi: solgi
Võro: sõlg'
Votic:
- Krevinian: sõlk
→? Old Norse: sylgja
- Icelandic: sylgja
- Norwegian Bokmål: sølje
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sylgja, sylgje, sylje, sølje; (dialectal) sygje, sygju, sulgje
- Old Swedish: sylghia, sölghia
  - Swedish: sölja, syllga (dialectal)
- Old Danish: sølje, søylje
  - Danish: sølje, sylle (dialectal)