Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ciika
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editFrom earlier *tiika, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *dīgas (whence dialectal Latvian dīgs and Lithuanian dygas (“thorn”)).
Noun
edit*ciika
- (Northern Finnic) awn
Inflection
editInflection of *ciika
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *ciika | *ciigat | |
accusative | *ciigan | *ciigat | |
genitive | *ciigan | *ciikadën *ciikoidën | |
partitive | *ciikada | *ciikoida | |
inessive | *ciigassa *ciigahna |
*ciigoissa *ciigoihna | |
elative | *ciigasta | *ciigoista | |
illative | *ciikahën | *ciikoihën | |
adessive | *ciigalla | *ciigoilla | |
ablative | *ciigalta | *ciigoilta | |
allative | *ciikalën *ciikalëk |
*ciikoilën *ciikoilëk | |
essive | *ciikana | *ciikoina | |
translative | *ciigaksi | *ciigoiksi | |
instructive | *ciigan | *ciigoin | |
comitative | *ciikanëk | *ciikoinëk | |
abessive | *ciigatta | *ciigoitta |
Descendants
editFrom *ciika:
- Karelian: siika
From *ciikainën (+ *-inën):
Further reading
edit- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “siikanen”, 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