Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vicca

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wiþjǭ.

Noun

*vicca^[1]

twig, wicker, withe
switch, birch (punishment device)

Inflection

Inflection of *vicca

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*vicca	*vic'at
accusative	*vic'an	*vic'at
genitive	*vic'an	viccadën viccoidën
partitive	*viccada	*viccoida
inessive	vic'assa vic'ahna	vic'oissa vic'oihna
elative	*vic'asta	*vic'oista
illative	*viccahën	*viccoihën
adessive	*vic'alla	*vic'oilla
ablative	*vic'alta	*vic'oilta
allative	viccalën viccalëk	viccoilën viccoilëk
essive	*viccana	*viccoina
translative	*vic'aksi	*vic'oiksi
instructive	*vic'an	*vic'oin
comitative	*viccanëk	*viccoinëk
abessive	*vic'atta	*vic'oitta

Descendants

Estonian: vits
Finnish: vitsa
Ingrian: vitsa
Karelian:
- North Karelian: vičča
- South Karelian: vičča
Livonian: vitsā
Livvi: vičču
Ludian: vicc, vičč
Veps: vic
Võro: vits
Votic: vittsõ

References

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

“vits”, 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), “vitsa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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

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