Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/icä

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *isä

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ićä.

Noun

*icä

  1. father

Inflection

Inflection of *icä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *icä *icät
accusative *icän *icät
genitive *icän *icäden
*iceiden
partitive *icädä *iceidä
inessive *icässä
*icähnä 		*iceissä
*iceihnä
elative *icästä *iceistä
illative *icähen *iceihen
adessive *icällä *iceillä
ablative *icältä *iceiltä
allative *icälen
*icälek 		*iceilen
*iceilek
essive *icänä *iceinä
translative *icäksi *iceiksi
instructive *icän *icein
comitative *icänek *iceinek
abessive *icättä *iceittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: isa
  • Finnish: isä
  • Ingrian: isä
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: izā (Kurzeme), iza (Vidzeme)
  • Livvi: izä, ižä
  • Võro: esä, ezä (Lutsi), jeza (Leivu), jezä (Kraasna)
  • Votic: isä

Further reading

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