Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lat'ikka

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

*latta- +‎ *-(i)kka

Noun

*lat'ikka

1. flat (and wide) thing, fish or insect

Inflection

Inflection of *lat'ikka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*lat'ikka	*lat'ik'at
accusative		*lat'ik'an	*lat'ik'at
genitive		*lat'ik'an	*lat'ikkadën *lat'ikkoidën
partitive		*lat'ikkata	*lat'ikkoita
inessive		*lat'ik'assa *lat'ik'ahna	*lat'ik'oissa *lat'ik'oihna
elative		*lat'ik'asta	*lat'ik'oista
illative		*lat'ikkasën	*lat'ikkoisën
adessive		*lat'ik'alla	*lat'ik'oilla
ablative		*lat'ik'alta	*lat'ik'oilta
allative		*lat'ikkalën *lat'ikkalëk	*lat'ikkoilën *lat'ikkoilëk
essive		*lat'ikkana	*lat'ikkoina
translative		*lat'ik'aksi	*lat'ik'oiksi
instructive		*lat'ik'an	*lat'ik'oin
comitative		*lat'ikkanëk	*lat'ikkoinëk
abessive		*lat'ik'atta	*lat'ik'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: latikas
• Finnish: (dialectal) latikka
• Ingrian: latikka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: latikka
  • South Karelian: latikka
• Ludian: latik
• Võro: latik
• Votic: latikkõ

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “latikka”, 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