Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/asëk

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 *asë- +‎ *-ëk.

Noun

*asëk

1. weapon
2. tool

Inflection

Inflection of *asëk

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*asëk	*asëgët
accusative		*asëgën	*asëgët
genitive		*asëgën	*asëgëdën *asëgidën
partitive		*asëgëta	*asëgita
inessive		*asëgëssa *asëgëhna	*asëgissa *asëgihna
elative		*asëgësta	*asëgista
illative		*asëgësën	*asëgisën
adessive		*asëgëlla	*asëgilla
ablative		*asëgëlta	*asëgilta
allative		*asëgëlën *asëgëlëk	*asëgilën *asëgilëk
essive		*asëgëna	*asëgina
translative		*asëgëksi	*asëgiksi
instructive		*asëgën	*asëgin
comitative		*asëgënëk	*asëginëk
abessive		*asëgëtta	*asëgitta

Descendants

• Finnish: ase
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: (dialectal) aše
• Veps: azeg
• Votic: (Mati) azõ

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ase”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN