Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pika
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fiką (compare Danish fige, Swedish fika (“to strive (for)”)).
Adjective
*pika[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *pika
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pika | *pigat | |
| accusative | *pigan | *pigat | |
| genitive | *pigan | *pikadën *pikoidën | |
| partitive | *pikada | *pikoida | |
| inessive | *pigassa *pigahna |
*pigoissa *pigoihna | |
| elative | *pigasta | *pigoista | |
| illative | *pikahën | *pikoihën | |
| adessive | *pigalla | *pigoilla | |
| ablative | *pigalta | *pigoilta | |
| allative | *pikalën *pikalëk |
*pikoilën *pikoilëk | |
| essive | *pikana | *pikoina | |
| translative | *pigaksi | *pigoiksi | |
| instructive | *pigan | *pigoin | |
| comitative | *pikanëk | *pikoinëk | |
| abessive | *pigatta | *pigoitta | |
Descendants
- ⇒ Estonian: pea (“soon; almost”), pigem (“rather”)
- Finnish: pika-, ⇒ pian (“soon”), pikemmin (“rather”)
- ⇒ Ingrian: pikastua (“to suddenly get angry”)
- Livvi: pika (“short-tempered”)
- ⇒ Livonian: pigā (“soon”)
- ⇒ Veps: pigei (“soon”)
- ⇒ Votic: pigaa (“soon”) (Pummala)
References
Further reading
- “pea”, 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), “pika”, 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