Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lic'at'ak

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

Sound-symbolic +‎ *-t'ak.

Verb

*lic'at'ak (stem *liccada-)

1. to press, to squeeze
2. to cram

Inflection

Inflection of *lic'at'ak

Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
	present	past	imperative	optative
1st sing.	*liccadan	*liccacin	—	*lic'atkon
2nd sing.	*liccadat	*liccacit	*liccadak	*lic'atkos
3rd sing.	*liccadapi *lic'at	*liccaci	*lic'atkasën	*lic'atkosën
1st plur.	*liccadakmëk *liccadakmak	*liccacimëk *liccacimak	*lic'atkatëmëk *lic'atkatamak	*lic'atkotëmëk *lic'atkotamak
2nd plur.	*liccadaktëk *liccadaktak	*liccacidëk *liccacidak	*lic'atkatë *lic'atkata	*lic'atkot'ëk *lic'atkotadak
3rd plur.	*liccadabat *lic'at	*liccaci	*lic'atkasën	*lic'atkosën
passive	*liccadaksën *liccadat'aksën	*lic'attisën *liccadattihën	*lic'attakahën *liccadattagasën	*lic'attakohën *liccadattagosën
connegative	*liccadak	—	*lic'atkak	*lic'atkok
passive connegative	*liccadaktak	—	*lic'attagak *liccadattagak	*lic'attagok *liccadattagok
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st sing.	*liccadakcin	*liccacicin	*lic'annën
2nd sing.	*liccadakcit	*liccacicit	*lic'annët
3rd sing.	*liccadakci	*liccacici	*lic'anni
1st plur.	*liccadakcimëk *liccadakcimak	*liccacicimëk *liccacicimak	*lic'annëmëk *lic'annëmak
2nd plur.	*liccadakcidëk *liccadakcidak	*liccacicidëk *liccacicidak	*lic'annëdëk *lic'annëdak
3rd plur.	*liccadakci	*liccacici	*lic'anni
passive	*lic'at'akcihën *liccadat'akcisën	*lic'atticihën *liccadatticisën	*lic'attanëhën *liccadattanësën
connegative	*liccadakcik	*liccacicik	*lic'annëk
passive connegative	*lic'at'akcik *liccadat'akcik	*lic'atticik *liccadatticik	*lic'attanëk *liccadattanëk
non-finite forms	infinitives/nouns		participles
			active	passive
infinitive 1	*lic'at'ak	present	*liccadapa	*lic'attapa *liccadattaba
infinitive 2	*lic'attë-	past	*lic'annut	*lic'attu *liccadattu
gerund/supine	*liccadama
action noun	*liccadaminen

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) litsata
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ličata
  • South Karelian: ličata
• Livvi: ličata
• Ludian: ličaita
• Veps: ličta

From *liccudak (with *-udak):

• Estonian: litsuma/litsuda
• Võro: litsma/litsuq

Further reading

• “litsuma”, 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), “litsata”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (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