Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ükci

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

Proto-Finnic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *ükci     Ordinal : *encimeinen

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ükte.

Numeral

*ükci

1. one

Inflection

Inflection of *ükci

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ükci	*üktet
accusative		*ükten	*üktet
genitive		*ükten	*ükten *ükciden
partitive		*üktä	*ükcidä
inessive		*üktessä *üktehnä	*ükcissä *ükcihnä
elative		*üktestä	*ükcistä
illative		*üktehen	*ükcihen
adessive		*üktellä	*ükcillä
ablative		*ükteltä	*ükciltä
allative		*üktelen *üktelek	*ükcilen *ükcilek
essive		*üktenä	*ükcinä
translative		*ükteksi	*ükciksi
instructive		*ükten	*ükcin
comitative		*üktenek	*ükcinek
abessive		*üktettä	*ükcittä

Descendants

• Estonian: üks
• Finnish: yksi
• Ingrian: yks
• Karelian:

  North Karelian: yksi

  South Karelian: yksi

• Livonian:
  • Courland Livonian: ikš
  • Vidzeme Livonian: juks
• Livvi: yksi
• Ludian: ükš
• Veps: üks'
• Võro: üts', üțș (Lutsi), üțs (Kraasna), üttš (Leivu)
• Votic: ühs, ühsi
  • Krevinian: ühs
  • Kukkuzi: ühs, üss

References

• “üks”, 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN