Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mancikka

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

Probably from *manci- +‎ *-kka.

Noun

*mancikka

1. strawberry

Inflection

Inflection of *mancikka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*mancikka	*mancik'at
accusative		*mancik'an	*mancik'at
genitive		*mancik'an	*mancikkadën *mancikkoidën
partitive		*mancikkata	*mancikkoita
inessive		*mancik'assa *mancik'ahna	*mancik'oissa *mancik'oihna
elative		*mancik'asta	*mancik'oista
illative		*mancikkasën	*mancikkoisën
adessive		*mancik'alla	*mancik'oilla
ablative		*mancik'alta	*mancik'oilta
allative		*mancikkalën *mancikkalëk	*mancikkoilën *mancikkoilëk
essive		*mancikkana	*mancikkoina
translative		*mancik'aksi	*mancik'oiksi
instructive		*mancik'an	*mancik'oin
comitative		*mancikkanëk	*mancikkoinëk
abessive		*mancik'atta	*mancik'oitta

Descendants

• Finnish: mansikka
• Ingrian: mancikka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: manšikka
  • South Karelian: mančikka
• ⇒ Livvi: mandžoi
• ⇒ Ludian: mandžoi
• ⇒ Veps: manzikaine
• Võro: maasik

From *mancik'as

• Estonian: maasikas
• Livonian: mǭškõz
• Võro: maas'kas
• Votic: mansikõz, (Mati) maazikaz

Further reading

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