Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/pika

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 borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fiką (compare Danish fige, Swedish fika (“to strive (for)”)).

Adjective

*pika

1. quick, speedy

Inflection

Inflection of *pika

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*pika	*pigat
accusative		*pigan	*pigat
genitive		*pigan	*pikadën *pikoidën
partitive		*pikada	*pikoida
inessive		*pigassa *pigahna	*pigoissa *pigoihna
elative		*pigasta	*pigoista
illative		*pikahën	*pikoihën
adessive		*pigalla	*pigoilla
ablative		*pigalta	*pigoilta
allative		*pikalën *pikalëk	*pikoilën *pikoilëk
essive		*pikana	*pikoina
translative		*pigaksi	*pigoiksi
instructive		*pigan	*pigoin
comitative		*pikanëk	*pikoinëk
abessive		*pigatta	*pigoitta

Descendants

• ⇒ Estonian: pea (“soon; almost”), pigem (“rather”)
• Finnish: pika-, ⇒ pian (“soon”), pikemmin (“rather”)
• ⇒ Ingrian: pikastua (“to suddenly get angry”)
• Livvi: pika (“short-tempered”)
• ⇒ Livonian: pigā (“soon”)
• ⇒ Veps: pigei (“soon”)
• ⇒ Votic: pigaa (“soon”) (Pummala)

Further reading

• “pea”, 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), “pika”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN