Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/siika

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

Uncertain. Most sources consider it a borrowing from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*sĩkaʀ) (whence Norwegian Bokmål sik, Old Norse síkr, Swedish sik; the word is sometimes reconstructed as Proto-Germanic *sīkaz, but there are no known cognates outside North Germanic), and then posit that the Baltic and Slavic words are borrowed from Finnic.^[1] A reverse direction of borrowing (Finnic to Germanic) is also possible,^[2] but less likely.

Noun

*siika

common whitefish, lavaret (Coregonus lavaretus)

Inflection

Inflection of *siika

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*siika	*siigat
accusative	*siigan	*siigat
genitive	*siigan	siikadën siikoidën
partitive	*siikada	*siikoida
inessive	siigassa siigahna	siigoissa siigoihna
elative	*siigasta	*siigoista
illative	*siikahën	*siikoihën
adessive	*siigalla	*siigoilla
ablative	*siigalta	*siigoilta
allative	siikalën siikalëk	siikoilën siikoilëk
essive	*siikana	*siikoina
translative	*siigaksi	*siigoiksi
instructive	*siigan	*siigoin
comitative	*siikanëk	*siikoinëk
abessive	*siigatta	*siigoitta

Descendants

Estonian: siig
Finnish: siika
Ingrian: siika
Karelian: (Northern) siika, (Southern) siiga
Livonian: sīgõz
Livvi: siigu
Ludian: siig
Veps: sīg
Võro: siig
Votic: siikõ
→? Latvian: sīga
→? Old Novgorodian: сиге (sige)
- → Middle Russian: сигъ (sig)
  - Russian: сиг (sig, “whitefish”); сига f (siga, “inconnu”) (dialectal)
    - Taimyr Pidgin Russian: сиг (sig)
    - → Armenian: սիգ (sig)
    - → Belarusian: сіг (sih), сіга f (siha)
    - → Czech: síh
    - → Polish: siga
    - → Ukrainian: сиг (syh)

References

^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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
^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

[1] Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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

[2] Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

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