Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vika

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

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Etymology

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Cognate with Proto-Samic *vëkē, both possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swiką.

Noun

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*vika[1]

  1. fault, defect, mistake

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: viga
  • Finnish: vika
  • Ingrian: vika
  • Karelian: vika (Northern), viga (Southern)
  • Livonian: vigā, viga
  • Livvi: viga
  • Ludian: viga
  • Veps: viga
  • Võro: viga
  • Votic: vika

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vika”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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