Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nikka
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Proto-Samic [Term?] (whence Inari Sami njihânjâš) and *ńëkkētēk ("to have hiccups").
Noun edit
*nikka
Inflection edit
Inflection of *nikka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nikka | *nik'at | |
| accusative | *nik'an | *nik'at | |
| genitive | *nik'an | *nikkadën *nikkoidën | |
| partitive | *nikkada | *nikkoida | |
| inessive | *nik'assa *nik'ahna |
*nik'oissa *nik'oihna | |
| elative | *nik'asta | *nik'oista | |
| illative | *nikkahën | *nikkoihën | |
| adessive | *nik'alla | *nik'oilla | |
| ablative | *nik'alta | *nik'oilta | |
| allative | *nikkalën *nikkalëk |
*nikkoilën *nikkoilëk | |
| essive | *nikkana | *nikkoina | |
| translative | *nik'aksi | *nik'oiksi | |
| instructive | *nik'an | *nik'oin | |
| comitative | *nikkanëk | *nikkoinëk | |
| abessive | *nik'atta | *nik'oitta | |
Descendants edit
From *nikka:
From *nikkoi:
- Finnish: (dialectal) nikko
- Ingrian: nikko
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: nikko
- ⇒ Ludian: nikoittada (“to have hiccups”)
- ⇒ Veps: nikištoitta (“to have hiccups”)
- ⇒ Votic: nikotta (“to have hiccups”)