Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ükci

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

**Proto-Finnic cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : ükci Ordinal* : *encimeinen

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ükte.

Numeral

*ükci^[1]

one

Inflection

Inflection of *ükci

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*ükci	*üktet
accusative	*ükten	*üktet
genitive	*ükten	ükten ükciden
partitive	*üktä	*ükcidä
inessive	üktessä üktehnä	ükcissä ükcihnä
elative	*üktestä	*ükcistä
illative	*üktehen	*ükcihen
adessive	*üktellä	*ükcillä
ablative	*ükteltä	*ükciltä
allative	üktelen üktelek	ükcilen ükcilek
essive	*üktenä	*ükcinä
translative	*ükteksi	*ükciksi
instructive	*ükten	*ükcin
comitative	*üktenek	*ükcinek
abessive	*üktettä	*ükcittä

Descendants

Estonian: üks
Finnish: yksi
Ingrian: yks
Karelian:
North Karelian: yksi

South Karelian: yksi
Livonian:
- Courland Livonian: ikš
- Vidzeme Livonian: juks
Livvi: yksi
Ludian: ükš
Veps: üks'
Võro: üts', (Lutsi) üțș, (Kraasna) üțs, (Leivu) üttš
Votic: ühs, ühsi
- Krevinian: ühs
- Kukkuzi: ühs, üss

References

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

“üks”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (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

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

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