Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kargicca

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

Probably from *kargait'ak +‎ *-icca.

Noun

*kargicca (Northern Finnic)

1. lamb (young sheep)

   Synonym: *vootna

Inflection

Inflection of *kargicca

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kargicca	*kargic'at
accusative		*kargic'an	*kargic'at
genitive		*kargic'an	*kargiccadën *kargiccoidën
partitive		*kargiccata	*kargiccoita
inessive		*kargic'assa *kargic'ahna	*kargic'oissa *kargic'oihna
elative		*kargic'asta	*kargic'oista
illative		*kargiccasën	*kargiccoisën
adessive		*kargic'alla	*kargic'oilla
ablative		*kargic'alta	*kargic'oilta
allative		*kargiccalën *kargiccalëk	*kargiccoilën *kargiccoilëk
essive		*kargiccana	*kargiccoina
translative		*kargic'aksi	*kargic'oiksi
instructive		*kargic'an	*kargic'oin
comitative		*kargiccanëk	*kargiccoinëk
abessive		*kargic'atta	*kargic'oitta

Descendants

• Finnish: karitsa
• Ingrian: karitsa
  • → Votic: karittsõ
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: karičča
  • South Karelian: karičča
• Livvi: karičču
• Ludian: karič
• Veps: kargič

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “karitsa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN