Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ciika
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *tiika, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *dīgas (whence dialectal Latvian dīgs and Lithuanian dygas (“thorn”)).
Noun
*ciika
- (Northern Finnic) awn
Inflection
Inflection of *ciika
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ciika | *ciigat | |
| accusative | *ciigan | *ciigat | |
| genitive | *ciigan | *ciikadën *ciikoidën | |
| partitive | *ciikada | *ciikoida | |
| inessive | *ciigassa *ciigahna |
*ciigoissa *ciigoihna | |
| elative | *ciigasta | *ciigoista | |
| illative | *ciikahën | *ciikoihën | |
| adessive | *ciigalla | *ciigoilla | |
| ablative | *ciigalta | *ciigoilta | |
| allative | *ciikalën *ciikalëk |
*ciikoilën *ciikoilëk | |
| essive | *ciikana | *ciikoina | |
| translative | *ciigaksi | *ciigoiksi | |
| instructive | *ciigan | *ciigoin | |
| comitative | *ciikanëk | *ciikoinëk | |
| abessive | *ciigatta | *ciigoitta | |
Descendants
From *ciika:
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: (dialectal) šiika
From *ciikainën (+ *-inën):
- Finnish: (dialectal) siikanen
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: (dialectal) šiikani
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “siikanen”, in 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