Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/iges

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

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *jьgo (gen. *jьžese).

Noun

*iges

1. yoke

Inflection

Inflection of *iges

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*iges	*ikehet
accusative		*ikehen	*ikehet
genitive		*ikehen	*igesten *ikehiden
partitive		*igestä	*ikehitä
inessive		*ikehessä *ikehehnä	*ikehissä *ikehihnä
elative		*ikehestä	*ikehistä
illative		*ikehesen	*ikehisen
adessive		*ikehellä	*ikehillä
ablative		*ikeheltä	*ikehiltä
allative		*ikehelen *ikehelek	*ikehilen *ikehilek
essive		*igessä	*ikehinä
translative		*ikeheksi	*ikehiksi
instructive		*ikehen	*ikehin
comitative		*igessek	*ikehinek
abessive		*ikehettä	*ikehittä

Descendants

• Estonian: ike
• Finnish: ies
• Livonian: i’ggõz
• Võro: ikäs, ikeq

Further reading

• “ike”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012