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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ehkä

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

Probably from *e- +‎ *-hkä.

Adverb

*ehkä[1]

  1. perhaps, maybe

Descendants
  • Estonian: ehk
  • Finnish: ehkä
  • Ingrian: ehkä
  • Võro: ehk

From *ehki:

  • Ingrian: ehki
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ehki
    • South Karelian: ehki
  • Livvi: ehki
  • Ludian: ehki
  • Votic: ehtši

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ehkä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “ehk”, 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), “ehkä”, 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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