Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ikä

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *ikä (“age, year”).

Noun

*ikä[1]

  1. age
  2. lifetime

Inflection

Inflection of *ikä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ikä *igät
accusative *igän *igät
genitive *igän *ikäden
*ikeiden
partitive *ikädä *ikeidä
inessive *igässä
*igähnä 		*igeissä
*igeihnä
elative *igästä *igeistä
illative *ikähen *ikeihen
adessive *igällä *igeillä
ablative *igältä *igeiltä
allative *ikälen
*ikälek 		*ikeilen
*ikeilek
essive *ikänä *ikeinä
translative *igäksi *igeiksi
instructive *igän *igein
comitative *ikänek *ikeinek
abessive *igättä *igeittä

Descendants

  • Estonian: iga
  • Finnish: ikä
  • Ingrian: ikä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ikä
    • South Karelian: igä
  • Livonian: (Courland) igā, (Salaca) iga
  • Livvi: igä
  • Ludian: igä, iga
  • Veps: igä, iga
  • Võro: igä
  • Votic: itšä
  • → Proto-Samic: *ëkē (see there for further descendants)

References

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