Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kadikka
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown, possibly onomatopoeic, but anyway recent (due to *-ti- / *-di-). Apparently contains the diminutive suffix + *-kka.
Noun
*kadikka[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kadikka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kadikka | *kadik'at | |
| accusative | *kadik'an | *kadik'at | |
| genitive | *kadik'an | *kadikkadën *kadikkoidën | |
| partitive | *kadikkata | *kadikkoita | |
| inessive | *kadik'assa *kadik'ahna |
*kadik'oissa *kadik'oihna | |
| elative | *kadik'asta | *kadik'oista | |
| illative | *kadikkasën | *kadikkoisën | |
| adessive | *kadik'alla | *kadik'oilla | |
| ablative | *kadik'alta | *kadik'oilta | |
| allative | *kadikkalën *kadikkalëk |
*kadikkoilën *kadikkoilëk | |
| essive | *kadikkana | *kadikkoina | |
| translative | *kadik'aksi | *kadik'oiksi | |
| instructive | *kadik'an | *kadik'oin | |
| comitative | *kadikkanëk | *kadikkoinëk | |
| abessive | *kadik'atta | *kadik'oitta | |
Descendants
From *kadikka:
- Finnish: (dialectal) kadikka, karikka, kalikka
- Votic: kadikkõ
From *kadik'as:
- Estonian: kaigas
- → Livonian: kāika
- Võro: kaigas
- Votic: kadikõz
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kadikka(s)”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][1] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “kaigas”, 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), “kadikka”, in 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