Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ehkä

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 edit

Etymology edit

Probably from *e- +‎ *-hkä.

Adverb edit

*ehkä^[1]

perhaps, maybe

Descendants edit

Estonian: ehk
Finnish: ehkä
Ingrian: ehkä
Võro: ehk

From *ehki:

Ingrian: ehki
Karelian:
- North Karelian: ehki
- South Karelian: ehki
Livvi: ehki
Ludian: ehki
Votic: ehtši

References edit

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ehkä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎^[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading edit

“ehk”, 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), “ehkä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ehkä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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