Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ciika

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 earlier *tiika, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *dīgas (whence dialectal Latvian dīgs and Lithuanian dygas (“thorn”)).

Noun

*ciika

1. (Northern Finnic) awn

Inflection

Inflection 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
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

From *ciika:

• Karelian: siika

From *ciikainën (+ *-inën):

• Finnish: (dialectal) siikanen
• Karelian: siikaine

Further reading

• 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), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN