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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sisalikko

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 a root *sisal, from Proto-Uralic [Term?]. Cognate with Proto-Samic *teańčëlëŋkēs. The root exhibits a high amount of irregular sound changes, which SSA attributes to the 'affective' nature of the word.[1]

Noun

*sisalikko

  1. common lizard, viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara)

Inflection
Inflection of *sisalikko
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sisalikko *sisalik'ot
accusative *sisalik'on *sisalik'ot
genitive *sisalik'on *sisalikkodën
*sisalikkoidën
partitive *sisalikkoda *sisalikkoida
inessive *sisalik'ossa
*sisalik'ohna		 *sisalik'oissa
*sisalik'oihna
elative *sisalik'osta *sisalik'oista
illative *sisalikkohën *sisalikkoihën
adessive *sisalik'olla *sisalik'oilla
ablative *sisalik'olta *sisalik'oilta
allative *sisalikkolën
*sisalikkolëk		 *sisalikkoilën
*sisalikkoilëk
essive *sisalikkona *sisalikkoina
translative *sisalik'oksi *sisalik'oiksi
instructive *sisalik'on *sisalik'oin
comitative *sisalikkonëk *sisalikkoinëk
abessive *sisalik'otta *sisalik'oitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: sisalik
  • Finnish: sisilisko, (archaic, dialectal) sisalisko
  • Ingrian: sysälikko
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: sižālikki
  • Livvi: šižiliuhku
  • Ludian: šiželih
  • Veps: šižlik
    • → Russian: жижлик (žižlik), жижлуха (žižluxa)
  • Võro: sysalik, sisalik
  • Votic: süsälikko

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “sisilisko”, 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

Further reading
  • “sisalik”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #920 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*cisi→”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)
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