Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/säic'en

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 : *säic'en
    Ordinal : *säiccemenci

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ćäjćemä (*śäjćemä).

Numeral

*säic'en[1]

  1. seven

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: seitse
  • Finnish: seitsemän
  • Ingrian: seitsen
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: šeiččemen
    • South Karelian: šeiččemen, seiččemen
  • Livonian:
    • Courland Livonian: seis
    • Vidzeme Livonian: seis
  • Livvi: seičče, seiččei
  • Ludian: seičeme
  • Veps: seičeme
  • Võro: säidse
  • Votic: seittse

References

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