Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sigit'äk

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

Possibly *sike- +‎ *-it'äk. Compare Proto-Samic *sëkënëtēk.

Verb

*sigit'äk (stem *sikidä-)[1]

  1. to be conceived
  2. to procreate

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: sigima/sigida
  • Finnish: siitä
  • Ingrian: siitä
  • Karelian: sijetä
  • Livonian: si’ktõ ("to farrow")
  • Võro: siginemä/siidäq

References

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

Further reading

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