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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/siika

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

Uncertain. Most sources consider it a borrowing from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*sĩkaʀ) (whence Norwegian Bokmål sik, Old Norse síkr, Swedish sik; the word is sometimes reconstructed as Proto-Germanic *sīkaz, but there are no known cognates outside North Germanic), and then posit that the Baltic and Slavic words are borrowed from Finnic.[1] A reverse direction of borrowing (Finnic to Germanic) is also possible,[2] but less likely.

Noun

*siika

  1. common whitefish, lavaret (Coregonus lavaretus)

Inflection
Inflection of *siika
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *siika *siigat
accusative *siigan *siigat
genitive *siigan *siikadën
*siikoidën
partitive *siikada *siikoida
inessive *siigassa
*siigahna		 *siigoissa
*siigoihna
elative *siigasta *siigoista
illative *siikahën *siikoihën
adessive *siigalla *siigoilla
ablative *siigalta *siigoilta
allative *siikalën
*siikalëk		 *siikoilën
*siikoilëk
essive *siikana *siikoina
translative *siigaksi *siigoiksi
instructive *siigan *siigoin
comitative *siikanëk *siikoinëk
abessive *siigatta *siigoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: siig
  • Finnish: siika
  • Ingrian: siika
  • Karelian: (Northern) siika, (Southern) siiga
  • Livonian: sīgõz
  • Livvi: siigu
  • Ludian: siig
  • Veps: sīg
  • Võro: siig
  • Votic: siikõ
  • →? Latvian: sīga
  • →? Old Novgorodian: сиге (sige)

Further reading
  • “siig”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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
  2. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
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