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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ciika

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

Etymology

From earlier *tiika, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *dīgas (whence dialectal Latvian dīgs and Lithuanian dygas (“thorn”)).

Noun

*ciika

  1. (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: siika

From *ciikainën:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) siikanen
  • Karelian: siikaine

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “siikanen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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