Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tikka
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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
Probably of imitative origin.
Noun edit
*tikka
- woodpecker
- Synonym: *hähnä
Inflection edit
Inflection of *tikka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tikka | *tik'at | |
| accusative | *tik'an | *tik'at | |
| genitive | *tik'an | *tikkadën *tikkoidën | |
| partitive | *tikkada | *tikkoida | |
| inessive | *tik'assa *tik'ahna |
*tik'oissa *tik'oihna | |
| elative | *tik'asta | *tik'oista | |
| illative | *tikkahën | *tikkoihën | |
| adessive | *tik'alla | *tik'oilla | |
| ablative | *tik'alta | *tik'oilta | |
| allative | *tikkalën *tikkalëk |
*tikkoilën *tikkoilëk | |
| essive | *tikkana | *tikkoina | |
| translative | *tik'aksi | *tik'oiksi | |
| instructive | *tik'an | *tik'oin | |
| comitative | *tikkanëk | *tikkoinëk | |
| abessive | *tik'atta | *tik'oitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: tikk
- Finnish: tikka
- Ingrian: tikka
- Karelian:
- Livvi: tikku
- Ludian: tikk
- Veps: tik
- Votic: tikkõ
Further reading edit
- “tikk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012